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These oft-neglected New Testament books actually deal with topics which should be of great interest to today’s readers. I and II Timothy and Titus are known as the Pastoral Epistles, and as such deal with practical matters of church management and personal conduct. The letter to Philemon is the only private letter we have from Paul, and tells the tale of a runaway slave who later may have become...

fellowship; and this may be a prayer that Christian fellowship may lead Philemon ever more deeply into the truth. (3) koinōnia can mean the act of sharing; in that case, the verse will mean: ‘It is my prayer that your way of generously sharing all that you have will lead you more and more deeply into the knowledge of the good things which lead to Christ.’ We think that the third meaning is correct. Obviously, Christian generosity was a characteristic of Philemon: he had love for God’s people, and
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