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Paul the aged (Παυλος πρεσβυτης). Paul is called νεανιας (a young man) at the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:58). He was p…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Yet for love's sake. For the love which you bear for me, and for the common cause.
I rather beseech you. Rather than c…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Therefore . . . for love’s sake . . .—Still the same idea runs on. Philemon’s love, shown in Christian fellowship, is in the Apost…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Therefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Part of Paul’s appeal is based on his being an “old man” (GK 4566), which usually implied authority (in antiquity, wisdom and authority were assume…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Being such a one. He claims the right to command on two grounds: that he is an elder, and that he is a prisoner for Christ
John Gill
JohnGill
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you
Either for the sake of the great love which the apostle bore to Philemon, b…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
It does not lower anyone to condescend, and sometimes even to beseech, where, strictly speaking, we could command. The apostle argues from love, ra…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. The occasion for this epistle is as follows. At Colo ae, an important Christian had a servant who secretly fled to Rome, where he was bap…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson