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Philemon 9
4/25/2024
...yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I, then, as Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--
It is very important to Paul that Philemon make the right decision concerning accepting back his runaway slave, Onesimus, but he really does not want him to make it for the wrong reason. Paul is unwilling simply to order the outcome of the dispute. But it seems that Paul is willing to make use of a host of other reasons. Personal pity for Paul as an old man in jail is here submitted as a possible influence. Social obligations and past experiences can figure in. It seems that the only thing it can’t be is simply an order from above. Many things work together to help us show grace to one another. All are pictures of the grace we have received in Jesus.
