Bible Study on the Book of Philemon
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The letter of “Philemon” written by Paul is a simple yet interesting book of the Bible. Often, overlooked perhaps, due to its size, there are nuggets of gold in this book. Through this study, we will examine the book more closely and glean some of those precious gold treasures. Presented first will be the text we are studying then the questions and notes will follow.
Study of Verses 8 – 16
In an effort not to make any one Bible Study posting too long I will limit the amount of questions addressed in each posting. Therefore a section of study i.e. verses 8-16 may be spread out over more than one week.
New King James Text of Book of Philemon:
Philemon
8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, 9yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ— 10I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, 11who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. 12I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, 13whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. 14But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. 15For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, 16no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Questions on verses 10,11:
Q-1 from v-10
Paul was seeking assistance on whom behalf?
Q-2 from v-10
When does Paul say he had “begotten” Onesimus?
Q-3 from v-10
What does Paul mean when he states, “whom I have begotten” in reference to Onesimus?
Q-4 from v-10
Are you the spiritual child of someone? Do you have a spiritual child? Are you receiving from the spiritual maturity of another and passing it on?
Q-5 from v-11
Paul says that Onesimus was once what way to Philemon? How does Paul say Onesimus is now to both Philemon and himself?
Q-6 from v-11
What brought about this change in Onesimus?
Q-7
Do you know what your name means?
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