The Letters to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon (Biblia.com)

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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...

you’, writes Paul. But the verb anapempein does not mean only to send back, it also means to refer a case to; and Paul is saying to Philemon: ‘I am referring this case of Onesimus to you, that you may give a verdict on it that will match the love you ought to have.’ Onesimus must have become very dear to Paul in these months in prison, for he pays him the great tribute of saying that to send him to Philemon is like sending a bit of his own heart. Then comes the appeal. Paul would have liked to keep

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