Philemon 1:10
Master and Slave.
Observe in this letter
I. The exquisite courtesy of the Apostle. The manner of the Epistle
teaches us as well as its matter. He offers to pay the debt of
Onesimus for him, or to make up what he had taken, out of his own
slender purse. Onesimus must pay what he owed... [ Continue Reading ]
Philemon 1:15
Social Power of the Gospel.
I. We see here, first of all, what sort of results St. Paul expected
to flow from the reconciling and combining force of the Christian
faith. In nothing does Christianity differ more profoundly from some
philosophies which seem to have a superficial resembl... [ Continue Reading ]