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The Pulpit Commentary — Philemon
S.J. Eales · 20,522 words · 20 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Philemon — Section 1
THE PULPIT COMMENTARY EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D. DEAN OF GLOUCESTER AND BY THE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. PHILEMON <ftposition anb ~omilrtics BY REV. S. J. EALES, :M.A., D.C.L. SOMETIME PRINCIPAL OF ST. BONIFACE lll!SSIO!-i COLLEGE ~omilics hi! @atiou~ ~ntbors REV. PROF. T. CROSKERY, D.D.…
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Rome, viz. (the spring of) A.O. 62 to (the spring of) A.O. 64, i.e. the autumn ·of A.O. 63. Some notice should here be taken of the theory ( supported by Schulz, Schott, Bottger, Wiggers, Thiersch, Reuss, Schenkel, Zockler, Meyer) that this Epistle, with those to the Ephesians and Colossia.ns, was written, not from…
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not unnaturally, therefore, been supposed by commentators (Chry86Btom, Soipio Gentili&, Grotius, Conybeare and Howson, 'Life and Epistles of St. Paul') that Onesimue had robbed hie master; and the inference would seem to be well founded. St. Paul speaks as one in possession of the whole of the oircum11tances, in his tw…
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frankness, "In the ca~e of this Epistle, more than any other, if cri ticiisrv should inquire for evidence in favour of its apostolic name, it seems liable to the reproach of hypercriticism, of exaggerated su~picion, trustless doubt, from the attacl<H .,f which nothing is safe. What ha,1 criticism t.o do with this s…
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thought a great and unwarrant.ed liberty. Did he demand the freedom of Oneeimus by hi1,1 apostolic authority, it might appear that he was magni- fying hie office overmuch. If he should put into too great prominence the spiritual obligations under which Philemon lay, the act would be ungene- t'OUS, and would go far to c…
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I 6. LITERATURE ON PHil,EMON. William Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 'Philemon: Introduction, Commentary, and Critical Notes,' 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. iii. (Lond.: 1881). William Attersoll, minister of the Word of God e.t lsfield, Sussex, • A Commentary of the Epistle to Philemon,' 2nd erlit., fol. …
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Chllrllh In thy hon11e. Mede (eo Ohryeoetom (i.e. upnn) -rob• &')'lout; perhe.pe hecauee e.nd Theodoret e.lso) understands this as Christ cannot now be reached by bodily mee.ning " e.nd to the whole of thy fe.mily" efforts, but only (J8ptr-ed tmoards by the soul; (which is e. Christie.n one)-a suggestion while the p…
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would not nee on this occasion. He prerere "jam Chrietianns; olim fur, jam Adelia to rely wholly on the respect and pereonal eervus; olim profugus, _je.rn rP,<l11x." r,tlRchment felt towr,rds him by Philernon, Ver. 12.-Whom I sent bRcl< [to thee, for the granting of bi1 reqneet, wbioh he according to A, C, D•, E, K*…
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Thi& latter word ie llD 11,ra{ >,.,-y&µ,•o• (Rovieed Vereion)-with my own hand, I will (unique ph1'9.8e) l!IO far 11.11 the New Test.a- repe.y it. Thus St. P1rnl took upon himself ment is concerned, though it is found in legally the repayment of lhe debt. " Priori- Numb. xv. S of the LXX., R.S in Xenophon hua y-erhi…
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feetly no.tum! tho.t, starting from Cmsarea, lel passf\ge in Col. iv. 10. As to Epaphras, U,e apoetle should lake Coln,,m on the roo.d see above. llllarcUB, he.vi11g once foree.ken to Rome. Hut the one seems almost e.s pro- the apostle (Acts xiii. 13; xv. 37-39), he.d be.hie e.e the other. The apostle, on his now re…
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V ers. 4, 5.-TM «Y11,Stituent parts of acceptable prayer: thanksgiving, intercession, personal petitions. 1. An example of these here, incw.entally given, not purposely, in St. Paul's practice with regard to l'hilemon. He was not familiarly known to the apostle. Perhaps it was with a certain surprise he learned that…
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_I I. IT Ex~:ncisEs NO coMr(lJ.soRv POWER, NO PHYSICAL FORCE. It worke through the will of thP l'L'r~O~ 11,!dressl'd, and leads, but doe., not com,,e/,. 'l'b:tt is the charncteristic meth~ of Clm~t1amty. Thus St. Paul would not for~ the will of Philernon. His Apostolic authority would ha,;e warranted his speaking in…
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Ver. 16.-<Jhristianity not permanently compatible with slavery aa an instit-•1,tion. I. IT FOLLOWS FROM THE 0ONBIDERATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD that, although it finds many slaves, yet it shall gradually raise them to a state of freedom. It trees their souls at once. 'l'hey become "the Lord's freemen" (1 Cor. vii. 2…
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Ver. 19.-Spiritual benefits the mod wl,uab~ of all. Since St. Paul had (as it appears) won to the embracing of the faith of Christ as well Philemon himself as Onesimus his slave, he rightly reminds him, as his :first and most powerful argument, that Philemon owes himself and his very life (that is, the life of his soul…
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Vers. 19, 20.- Personal obliga.tion. "Thine own self." This is more than all else. We can call nothing "our own " but " the self." We are not rich in what we have, but in what we are. A.II things, houses, estates, lands, are outside us. The self is all. I. INDEBTEDNESS OF PeILEMON. Philemon owed his spiritual conversi…
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been well called " the polite Epistle," carries upon the face of it a clee.r explanation of its contents. L THE WBITEB OF THE EPISTLE. "Paul, a prisoner of ,Jesus Christ." He does not describe himself as an apostle, for there W&B no need here to assert his authority, but BB a prisoner, to bespeak the sympathy of Phile…
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love," nnd ne:er wit~out it. . Lo:v9 proceeds from fait~, even love to the saints (1 Th 888 11. 3). (2) 1 he Ob_1ect of faith 1s the Lord Jesus Christ; therefore it is called the faith of Jes11~ Cl1ris1. (Rom. iii. 26). Faith, AS e.n act of the understanding, sees Christ and as e.n I\Ct of will, trusts in him for et…
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sntreaty deriv,'8 added weight from the age and Bufferings of him who offera it. "Being such a one ae Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ." (1) Reverence is due to age. It is "a crown of glory when it is found in the way of righteousness." The apostle was not now old, as the years of a life are recko…
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Ver. 17.-The plea of Ohristi.an fellowship. The apostle here directly puts his request, "If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself." He regards Philemon as a partner in faith and love and life. It is a recurrence to an old argument, " If there be any fellowship of the Spirit, . . . fulfil ye my joy." …
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Vers.23--25.-Salutationsandprayer. I. SALUTATIONS. These are the expressio11, of Christian ijympathy and kindness. 1. 1'hey are the sulutations of the apostle'1fellow- 7,risoner. .. There 1:11lute thee Epaphras my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus." (1) Epaphraa was o. Colossian evangelist (Col. i. 7; iv. 12). (2) Be …
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