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Paul's Letters
Paul's Letters · Foundational

Philemon

Philemon is Paul's short, personal letter asking a Christian master to receive back his runaway servant Onesimus, who has become a believer, no longer as a servant but as a brother beloved.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

The story behind Paul's shortest letter and the man at its center

2

How Paul appeals for forgiveness by love and not by command

3

How the Gospel changes relationships, and why Paul did not call for a social revolution

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