# Week 1: Philemon

##### Week 1: Philemon

**Objective:**

- Overview of the Pauline Epistles
- The Story of Philemon and Onesimus
- Brotherhood in Christ

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**Resources:**

- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ALRKATJ3m3p1DJo&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21489&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901)
- [Catena Bible Commentary](https://catenabible.com/phlm/1)
- [HEM Youssef Bible Study (English)](https://youtu.be/RujhN-y91Pw?si=4rQO8OvVvo5WxUkP)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible Study (Arabic)](https://youtu.be/WQghKuPBnto?si=Rf_pazgRlK86cAf7)
- [SUS COPTS](http://www.suscopts.org/resources/literature/678/philemon-a-personal-request/)

**Reading:**

- Philemon 1-25
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**Key verse(s):**

“Having confidence in your obedience I wrote unto you, knowing that you will also do more than I say.<span class="text Ezra-3-11">”</span> Philemon 21

**Comments:**

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- Philemon is one of the four epistles St. Paul sent during his first imprisonment.
- Philemon was a disciple of St. Paul and he was a wealthy man. Onesimus was a servant of Philemon.
- Onesimus wronged his master and was caught and put in jail.
- In jail, he met St. Paul and repented. When St. Paul learned he was Philemon's servant, St. Paul sent this letter to Philemon asking him to accept him back as a brother in Christ.
- The theme of this epistle is the brotherhood in Christ

**Review/recap questions:** *\*\*Servant may add more questions*

1. For what is St. Paul giving thanks?
2. What is St. Paul willing to do in behalf of Onesimus?
3. What good things had St. Paul heard concerning Philemon?
4. In what does St. Paul have confidence as he writes to Philemon?
5. Why does St. Paul refer to himself as a prisoner of Christ Jesus?

**Homework:** *\*\*Servant may add more questions*

<div class="pointer-container" id="bkmrk-%C2%A0-0"><div class="pointer anim is-page-editable"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="link" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg><div class="input-group inline block"> <button class="button outline icon" data-clipboard-target="#pointer-url" title="Copy Link" type="button"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="copy" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></button></div><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="edit" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></div></div>1. St Paul wanted Philemon to receive Onesimus as a   
    a) friend b) slave c) prisoner d) teacher
2. What does Paul call Onesimus? What does it mean?
3. How had becoming a Christian changed Onesimus?
4. How could Philemon do more than what Paul had asked of him?