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Letter to Philemon Bible Study Series Index

Reta Halteman Finger began her Bible study blog, Reta’s Reflections, with a study of 1 Corinthians. Since then she’s completed studies of the Gospel of John, the Book of Jonah, and a series on Hermeneutics. Learn more about CFT’s Reta’s Reflections Bible Study blog.

For her fourth series, she guides readers through the Letter of Paul to Philemon.

This is an index of posts in that series.

(Posts are in reverse order on this page, with the first of the series at the bottom.)

Map of Early Christian Churches

What Should Philemon Do?

Lesson 2 - How did such a personal letter become Scripture? We know some of Paul’s letters could be lost (1 Corinthians 5:9 refers to one). Perhaps the original readers enjoyed the humor and a chance to see another side of Paul. If the Onesimus mentioned in Colossians 4:9 as Paul’s faithful co-worker is the same person, that indicates Philemon did what Paul requested. Perhaps it is only a coincidence that the bishop of Ephesus at the end of the first century, mentioned by the church father Ignatius, was named Onesimus.
Ruins of a first-century Greco-Roman villa

Letter to Philemon: Another Side of Paul

Lesson 1 - "This letter is so full of puns, innuendos, double entendres, and other persuasive techniques that even Philemon must have scratched his head for a while. Clearly, Paul wants something from Philemon and is laying it on pretty thick to get him to do it—but what is it?"

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