“The letter to Philemon is to my mind the most intriguing and beguiling of all Paul’s letters, with its teasing historical allusions and its special rhetorical charms,” wrote John Barclay in his 1997 ...

“Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved and our co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house. Grace ...

Whether Paul meant to exert his "apostolic authority" in writing to Philemon has been widely debated. Though Phlm 8-9 seems to indicate that he intended to set aside his apostolic authority, many ...

The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed” (Luke 17:20). Philemon 7-20; Luke 17:20-25 Today’s first reading from St. Paul’s Letter to Philemon is both a private pastoral appeal and a ...