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Practicalrecommendations,farewellsandgoodwishes Assoonas,havesentArtemasorTychicustoyou,losenotimeinjoining
12
meatNicopolis,whereIhavedecidedtospendthewinter.•Seetoallthetravelling
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arr
angementsforZenasthelawyerandApollos,andmakesuretheyhaveevery thingtheyneed.·AIlourpeoplearetolearntooccupythemselvesindoinggood
14
worksfortheirpracticalneedsaswell
,'
andnottobeentirelyunproductive. Allthosewhoarcwithmesendtheirgreetings.Greetingstothosewholove
15
usinthefaith.Grace"bewithyouall. ignorant,disobedientandmisledandenslavedbydifferentpassionsandluxuries; welivedtheninwickednessandill-will,hatingeachotherandhatefulourselves. Butwhenthekindnessandloveof
Godour
saviourformankindwererevealed,
4
itwasnotbecausehewasconcernedwithanyrighteousactionswemighthave doneourselves;itwasfornoreasonexcepthisowncompassionthathesavedus, bymeansofthecleansingwaterofrebirthandbyrenewinguswiththeHolySpirit whichhehassogenerouslypouredoverusthroughJesusChrist
our
saviour.Hedidthissothatweshouldbejustifiedbyhisgrace,tobecomeheirslooking forwardtoinheritingeternallife.«-Thisisdoctrinethatyoucanrelyon. PersonaladvicetoTitus Iwantyoutobequiteuncompromisinginteachingallthis,sothatthosewho nowbelieveinGodmaykeeptheirmindsconstantlyoccupiedindoinggood works.Allthisisgood.andwilldonothingbutgoodtoeverybody
.•
Butavoidpointlessspeculations,andthosegenealogies,
and
thequibblesanddisputesabout theLaw
-t
heseareuselessandcandonogoodtoanyone.-Ifamandisputes
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whatyouteach,thenafterafirstandasecondwarning,havenomoretodowith him:
b
-youwillknowthatanymanofthatsorthasalreadylapsedandcondemned
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himselfasasinner.
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mea
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usef
ul"cr,Ph4:3. e.
'And
withhim...":
var
.(Vutg.)'andI
ask
YOU
towel
come
himasthoughhe
were
myself',cr.
v,
17.I,'Deprived'ofhimby
Go
dwhoa
llowed
theslave toescapeonlysot
hat
everyone
mightsu
bsequen
tlybenefit.g.Lit.'asabrother
both
in
the
fleshandinthe
Lo
rd'.
h,
It
seems
that
Ones
imushadnotonly
run
away
buthads
tole
nsomet
hing
from
Phil
emon
uswell.a.VaT.'ourbelo-edApphia',or'ourbeloved sisterApphia', b.
Lit.
'thatthefell
owsh
ip
of
your
faithmay
become
effectualinafullknowledge
of
everyg
ood
thinginusforChrist';t.e.faithunitesa
per
son
not
onlytoChrist buttoallwhoarehisbrotherst
hro
ughtheirunion withChrist.Faithandlovegotogether,v.5.andPaul
expec
tsthatfaithwillproduce
pract
icalresults. 'effectual
':
var.(Yulg.)'manifest'.'we
are
ab
le';
var.(Vulg.)'YOUareable'.
e,
He
beca
mehis'father'byco
nver
ting
him
.
PHILEMON
ThanksgivingandprayerIalwaysmentionyouinmyprayersandthank
God
foryou,-becauseIhearoftheloveandthefaithwhichyouhavefortheLordJesusandforallthesaints. Ipraythatthisfaithwillgiverisetoasenseoffellowshipthatwillshowyouall thegoodthingsthatweareabletodoforChrist.
b
-Iamsodelighted,
and
comforted,toknowofyourlove;theytellme,brother,howyouhaveputnewheart intothesaints.
TH
ELETTER
FROMPAUL
TO
PHILEMON
AddressFromPaul,aprisonerofChristJesusandfromourbrotherTimothy;to
our
dearfellowworkerPhilemon,'oursister-Apphia,ourfellowsoldierArchippus andthechurchthatmeetsinyourhouse;-wishingyouthegraceandthepeace of
God
ourFather
and
theLordJesusChrist.TherequestaboutOnesimusNow,althoughinChristIcanhavenodiffidenceabouttellingyoutodowhateverisyourduty,.,amappealingtoyourloveinstead,remindingyouthat thisisPaulwriting,anoldmannowand,whatismore,stillaprisonerofChrist
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Jesus.·1amappealingtoyouforachildofmine,whosefatherIbecame-while
11
wearingthesechains:ImeanOnesimus.•Hewasofnolisetoyoubefore,buthe
12
willbeuseful"toyounow,ashehasbeentome.·1amsendinghimbacktoyou,
13
andwithhim-Icouldsay
-a
partofmyownself.'.1shouldhavelikedtokeep himwithme;hecouldhavebeenasubstituteforyou,tohelpmewhileIaminthe
14
chainsthatthe
Good
Newshasbroughtme.-However,Ididnotwanttodo anythingwithoutyourconsent;itwouldhavebeenforcingyouractofkindness,
15
whichshouldbespontaneous.·1knowyouhavebeendeprivedofOnesimusfor
16
atime,!butitwasonlysothatyoucouldhavehimbackforever,
-not
asaslaveanymore,butsomethingmuchbetterthanaslave,adearbrother;especially deartome,buthowmuchmoretoyou,asablood-brotheraswellasabrother
17
intheLord.«-Soifallthatwehaveincommonmeansanythingtoyou,welcome
18
himasyouwouldme;-butifhehaswrongedyouinanywayorowes
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youanything,'thenletmepayforit.·1amwritingthisinmyownhandwriting:
believe:groupsofpeoplewhoagreeonthesamechoice are'sects'
(off
shootsofparentbodies). c.Lit.'
for
urgentneeds'or'forthenecessities
of
life'.Thisisperhapsapostscriptto3:8:theymust learntodogoodworksnotonlyfortheRoodoftheir souls
but
alsoforaliving:theyarenotto
be
para
sitesonsociety.d.Add.'oftheLord',or(Yula.)'of
God
'.
vuta.
adds'Amen'attheend.
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a.Theeffectsofbuntismare:
rebi
rth.freeforgive nessbyChrist,receptionofhisHolySpirit, d.Rm5:5-l-,andtheimmediateenjoymentofallrights as
heir
toete
rnal
life(thepresenceoftheHolySpirit beingapledgeofthis.cr.2Co1:22).
b.
Lit.
'Avoidanyhereticalmanafteroneor
two
warnings':Paulusesaconte
mporar
yphilo
sop
hical term:ctvmologtcallya
'he
retic'issomeonewhoinstead ofbeingopentoalltruthchooses
what
truthshewill
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