Verse 9
9. Onesimus A native of Colosse, and runaway slave of Philemon, converted at Rome through the labours of the apostle, and now returning in company with Tychicus to his master. He is legally a slave, but nevertheless a “beloved brother” in the Church of Christ, and joint-bearer of the present epistle.
All things… here Many things respecting matters transacted at Rome could now be properly narrated which might not, in the times of Nero, be safely committed to writing.
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