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The '''Epistle to Philemon''' is a letter written by [[Paul]] from prison, probably in A.D. 63 when Paul was in jail in [[Rome]].  It is Paul's shortest letter in the [[Bible]], in which he asks a Christian slaveowner (Philemon) to be merciful toward a runaway slave (Onesimus) who also accepted [[Christ]].
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The '''Epistle to Philemon''' is a letter written by [[Paul]] from prison, probably in A.D. 63 when Paul was in jail in [[Rome]].  It is Paul's shortest letter in the [[Bible]], in which he asks a Christian slaveowner (Philemon) to be merciful toward a runaway slave (Onesimus) who also accepted [[Christ]].  Onesimus carried this letter to Philemon, who then complied with Paul's request.
    
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|Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
 
|Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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|Instead, for the sake of love I, Paul, urge you in my old age and from prison for Jesus Christ.
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