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J. B. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:8-10

St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon (1875). Browse this work.

Philemon1:8-10

Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ. ^{10}παρακαλῶ σε περὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ τέκνον, 10. παρακαλῶ σε κ.τ.λ.] St Chrysostom remarks on the Apostle’s withholding the name, until he has favourably disposed Philemon both to the request and to the object of it; τοσούτοις δὲ προλέανας αὐτοῦ τὴν ψυχήν, οὐδὲ εὐθέως ἐνέβαλε τὸ ὄνομα, ἀλλὰ τοσαύτην ποιησάμενος αἴτησιν ἀναβάλλεται κ.τ.λ. The whole passage deserves to be read.

J. B. Lightfoot, St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon (1875), Philemon 1:8-10. Public domain.

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