Write (εγραψα). Epistolary aorist.

With mine hand (τη εμη χειρ). Instrumental case and a note of hand that…

I Paul have written it with my own hand. It has been inferred from this that Paul wrote this entire epistle with his own hand, though this…

I Paul have written it with my own hand.—St. Paul actually introduces here a regular bond couched in legal form, written (as, perhaps, the…

Paul had been the means of Philemon's conversion, so he was immeasurably in debt to the apostle; but Paul only gently reminds him of the fact as a …

The subject is still the indebtedness of Onesimus. Paul is now writing these words himself. As in our own society, handwritten statements of obliga…

Not to tell you that you owe to me yourself. By this expression he intended to describe how confidently he believes that he will obtain it…

I Paul have written it, with my own hand Meaning either this epistle, which being short, he used no amanuensis, but wrote…

When we speak of the nature of any sin or offense against God, its evil is not to be lessened; but in a penitent sinner, as God covers it, so must …

1. Having expre ed his confidence in Philemon’s goodne , Paul now states his request.

   He first indicates the person on whose behalf h…