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Paul's Promissory Note
Commentators highlight that when Paul says, "I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it," he is creating a formal, legally binding IOU. This wasn't just a casual offer; it was a personal guarantee, showing the seriousness of his commitment to reconciling Onesimus and Philemon. This act transforms a personal appeal into a binding contract.
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Albert Barnes
On Philemon 1:19
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Philemon 1:19
Write (εγραψα). Epistolary aorist.
With mine hand (τη εμη χειρ). Instrumental case and a note of hand that…
Charles Ellicott
On Philemon 1:19
19th Century
Bishop
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…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Philemon 1:19
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Philemon 1:19
The subject is still the indebtedness of Onesimus. Paul is now writing these words himself. As in our own society, handwritten statements of obliga…
John Calvin
On Philemon 1:19
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Philemon 1:19
17th Century
Pastor
I Paul have written it, with my own hand Meaning either this epistle, which being short, he used no amanuensis, but wrote…
Matthew Henry
On Philemon 1:15–22
17th Century
Minister
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 …