Philemon

Onesimus: The Church's Prodigal

Philemon 1-3

[Person 1] was a fellow laborer and a facilitator of the Gospel. He had a church in his house. It seems that his wife is mentioned: [Person 2] (fruitful branch of the vine). And a co-pastor or co-worker [Person 3].

[Person 1] lived in Colossae he was one of the churches that the book of Colossians was written to.

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Here we get some insight of the New Testament church, The workers and the church. It seems like [Person 1] was the anchor of this church. It was in their house it was probably initially supported by him and his wife in verse 22 we see that they were the ones who would house Paul when he came. Onesimus could have been one of his servants. So it seems that [Person 1] was well off but also a supporter of the...