A Handbook on Paul’s Letter to Philemon (Biblia.com)

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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

GeCL Brc) has abandoned the figure, since a literal reproduction of it (as in RSV JB NAB) leads to misunderstanding. The contents of the verse are identical with that of Col 1:4. Some take pistis here in the sense of “faithfulness, loyalty,” because of the preposition pros “to, toward” and the use of “the Lord” as the one to whom the pistis is directed. But the same preposition is used in 1 Thes 1:8, and the usual meaning of “faith,” in Paul’s letters, that is, trust in Christ, is most probably the

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