Epistle to Philemon

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    Pauline Studies & New Perspective - Philemon The letter to Philemon is the shortest of the writing of Paul. It deals with the practice of slavery in suggestive form, he was in prison at the time of this letter. In writing this paper is it has caused me to thinks in “historic-cultural critism” of the Scripture. I will present a contrast of Onesimus’s Life with the history of the Island of Puerto Rico both of them under an oppressive control and indeterminate destiny. During the time of Paul's ministry in Ephesus. Philemon had probably traveled to the city, and had heard the preaching of Paul where he became a Christian. Later on Philemon had a “church” at his home and he owned a slave called Onesimus. Onesimus, ran away from his master and headed to Rome. We assume Onesimus was still owned by Philemon, and Paul wrote this letter persuading Philemon to soften his heart in order for Onesimus to return to his master. where Paul testified, Onesimus became a Christian (Philemon 1:10). Paul wanted Philemon to accept Onesimus as a brother in Christ, and not merely as a slave but to come back to Philemon in order to help spread the gospel. Reading this letter, we can see the different perspective of slavery, race…

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    scripture that will be analyzed is the book of Philemon chapter one. The book was written by the apostle Paul while he was in prison around sixty A.D. According to Paul, Philemon was a Christian and slave holder. Philemon’s slave Onesimus had run away after robbing him to seek Apostle Paul but only to find that Paul was imprisoned. Paul writes to Philemon seeking that Onesimus is freed and accepted as a Christian by Philemon. Paul began the letter stating that he is in prison not by any wrong…

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    Task 17 Epistle Study- Philemon Background Author: (personality, the region he was from, family background) Paul, Originally named Saul, Paul was born in the city of Tarsus to an Israelite family in the tribe of Benjamin. Tarsus was known for it’s high learning and philosophy. He was brought up in Jerusalem and trained as a Pharisee at the feet of Gamaliel, the most famous leading Jewish scholar at that time. Paul was trained as a ‘tent-maker’ and knew Aramaic and Greek He became a believer…

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    Paul's Letter To Philemon

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    Assuredly, Paul’s letter to Philemon must be one of the most compelling letters of the epistles. As this letter was not written to the church, but to an intended recipient Philemon. It is interesting that the letter is written on the behalf of Onesimus, a former slave of Philemon who ran away and allegedly stole from him in the process. In the letter, Paul appeals to Philemon’s faith as he asks that he accept Onesimus with love, forgiving him for his past actions; as he has changed and is now…

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    Jude is known as the brother of James and the half brother of Jesus. It is said that Jude was written in 65 AD. Jude was writing to those who were teaching false; teaching in the Church and Jude warns those who turn away from Christ yet those who seek to know God are example of apostasy. The epistle of Jude was written to help the Christians to follow after the true and living God. Thus, not to be deceive by lies, to live a life of sin and still claim to be a follower of God is a sin. Jude…

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    Essay On Romans Road

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    The Romans Road The Romans Road is a method of sharing the gospel through bible verses from the book of Romans which logically lay out God’s plan of salvation for mankind. This simple yet effective evangelistic method clearly explains why mankind needs salvation, how God provides salvation through his son Jesus Christ, how unbelievers receive salvation, and what outcomes salvation has on the life of a believer. (Christy, 2012) Evangelists following this method begin with stating that all men…

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    The book of Philippians is written while Paul is in prison. While there, he writes his thanks and appreciation to the four Philippians: Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, and Syntyche. He gives thanks to each of them and expresses his deep appreciation of their love for Christ and their sharings of support to Paul’s ministry. In Philippians 2:21 Paul speaks upon the ones who only look out for the interest of themselves, but not of Christ first. While on the other hand Timothy as Paul states, “But…

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    The majority of this year was spent on improving our writing for the first three targets, though the fourth is still relevant and important in crafting polished essay. As the year progressed, I began to see myself more easily spotting errors of syntax, spelling, and other cosmetic details. To demonstrate my ability to revise based on the feedback of others and my own opinions, I chose to revisit my Insider/Outsider Biography, paper 1.1. Coming back to this piece after several months, I…

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    Melissa Moody 10/07/2015 Introduction//Thesis The book of Romans teaches Christian the aspect of our life. To start off the book of Romans Paul has written a letter to a church in Rome. This letter is where Paul introduced the very foundation of Christian belief which is still with each Christian today. The book of Romans is very important because of the greatest aspects. These aspects help build our foundation into the Christian faith we have today. Without the book of Roman we would have never…

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    The first message I ever gave was here a couple of years ago, and it was also on Romans. And in that message, I explained what it meant when certain words are used to begin a passage. Romans 8:28 begins with the word “AND”. When a passage starts with the word “AND”, what it means is, that it’s a connection. It’s a connection between what he has been saying and what he's about to say. However, “AND” was not used here. Neither was the word “BUT”, which is intended to be used as a contrast to…

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