Episode

Receive Onesimus No Longer as a Slave but as a Brother: Philemon 15–17, Part 1

Podcast: Look at the Book
Published: May 23, 2026
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Summary

Paul wanted Philemon to welcome Onesimus back — but did it matter how? Paul’s radical reasoning has big implications for Onesimus’s status as a slave.