Ed Walsh
Puritan Board Senior
Greetings,
I have been looking at Philemon, and I can't resolve a question. Was Paul asking Philemon to free Onesimus? Or was he asking him to forgive his transgressions and to treat him as he would a brother in Christ in addition to remaining a slave? Verse 16 also says that Onesimus would return "no longer as a slave." But the verse also says the that Philemon should accept him back as "more than" [merely] "a slave."
Thanks
I have been looking at Philemon, and I can't resolve a question. Was Paul asking Philemon to free Onesimus? Or was he asking him to forgive his transgressions and to treat him as he would a brother in Christ in addition to remaining a slave? Verse 16 also says that Onesimus would return "no longer as a slave." But the verse also says the that Philemon should accept him back as "more than" [merely] "a slave."
Thanks