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Philemon 12
9/7/2026
I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you.
The issue of what to do with a recovered runaway slave is, more than anything, a matter of protocol. His running away was not a personal betrayal of friendship. Philemon was not heartbroken to lose him. Principal and precedent would be uppermost in his mind, since he knows that the whole household and maybe the community is looking to see what he will do. Paul has an inkling about the precedent and principal, as well, and that is why he is concerned that Philemon see more than this in this particular case. It is an occasion to reflect the glory of the Lord and the power of the Gospel. Hearts are changed by the power of the risen Christ, and circumstances are altered when a person at any social is born-again. Onesimus has come to Jesus.
