George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Philemon 1:2
And to the Church, or congregation of the faithful which is in thy house. (Witham)
And to the Church, or congregation of the faithful which is in thy house. (Witham)
Verse Philemon 1:2. APPHIA. απφια. Under the word απφα _Suidas_ says: Αδελφης και αδελφου ὑπακορισμα· _Appha_ is the affectionate address of a brother or sister; or the diminutive of a brother and s...
AND TO OUR BELOVED APPHIA - This was a female (Greek ἀγαπητῇ agapētē), and was probably the wife of Philemon. AND ARCHIPPUS OUR FELLOW-SOLDIER - See the notes at Colossians 4:17. It has been supp...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATION _ 1. The greeting (Philemon 1:1)_ 2. Recognition of Philemon's faith and love (Philemon 1:4) 3. Concerning the reception of Onesimus (Philemon 1:8) 4.The conclusion ...
INTRODUCTORY. Paul writes from prison, sending greetings from himself and Timothy to Philemon a dear friend with whom he had worked probably during his stay in Ephesus Apphia (presumably Philemon's wi...
This is a letter from Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our well-beloved and our fellow-worker; and to Apphia, the sister, and to Archippus, our fellow-sol...
A MAN TO WHOM IT WAS EASY TO APPEAL (Philemon 1:1-7)...
BELOVED. The texts read "sister". APPHIA. Tradition says she was the wife of Philemon. ARCHIPPUS. See Colossians 4:11. FELLOWSOLDIER. Only here and Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:25
_our beloved Apphia_ Read, probably, OUR (lit., THE) SISTER APPHIA. The Vulgate combines the two readings, _Appiæ sorori caris-simæ_. We may be sure that Apphia was Philemon's wife. Her name was a fre...
1–3. _Address and greeting_. In the usual form employed by St Paul with modifications due to the special circumstances of this letter...
ΚΑῚ ἈΠΦΊΑΙ. Lightfoot (p. 372 sqq.) shows convincingly from the inscriptions that this is not the Latin Appia, for it and its congeners always have the aspirate, but a native Phrygian name, of which t...
ΑΔΕΛΦΉ (G79) _dat. sing._ сестра. Так как в те времена домашними делами занимались женщины, для нее было важно узнать то, что Павел сообщает о рабе Онисиме (Stuhlmacher; Lohse; _см._ Titus 2:5; DPL, 8...
APPHIA,— This was a Roman name. St. Paul writes it _Apphia,_ after the Hebrew manner; the Romans wrote it _Appia._ She is conjectured by some of the fathers, and asserted by others, to have been the _...
I. _PAUL'S GREETING;_ PHILEMON 1:1-3. 1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker, a. Paul opens this lovely letter with a description of...
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: APPHIA - Latin, 'Appia.' The wife or some close relative of Philemon. She and Archippus, if they had not be...
4 The name Philemon means "fond". He seems to have been a most exemplary character, whose reputation had reached Paul's ears, and had given him joy in the midst of the sorrows and dangers of his situa...
A VERY PRECIOUS LETTER PAUL’S LETTER TO PHILEMON _KEITH NEVILLE AND MARION ADAMS_ ABOUT THIS LETTER This is a very personal letter. It does not teach about Christian beliefs. It does not give ad...
APPHIA. — The name is usually taken to be the Roman name _Appia._ But the occurrence of such a name in a Græco-Asiatic family, though of course possible, is perhaps improbable; and Dr. Lightfoot has s...
CHAPTER 5 THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON Philemon 1:1 (R.V.) This Epistle stands alone among Paul's letters in being addressed to a private Christian, and in being entirely occupied with a small, though ve...
Ἀπφίᾳ τῇ ἀδελφῆ : A Phrygian name, often occurring on Phrygian inscriptions. It is most natural to suppose that she was the wife of Philemon: but she must have occupied also, most likely, a quasi-offi...
A PLEA FOR THE RETURNING SLAVE Philemon 1:1 Onesimus had known the Apostle well in the old days when Paul visited at the house of his master Philemon, who seems to have been a man of importance. His...
GREETINGS Though Paul was a prisoner of Rome, he considered his bonds to be a means of furthering Christ's cause (Philemon 1:1; Philemon 1:9-10; Philemon 1:22-23;...
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, (2) And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in th...
2._And to Archippus our fellow-soldier_. He next adds “Archippus,” who appears also to have been a minister of the Church; at least, if he be the same person who is mentioned towards the conclusion of...
The very beautiful and interesting Epistle to Philemon does not require much comment; it is an expression of the love which works by the Spirit within the assembly of God in all the circumstances of i...
AND TO OUR BELOVED APPHIA,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "to sister Apphia"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "to the beloved sister Apphia"; for this is a woman's name; and it is thought that she was...
And to _our_ beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Ver. 2. _And to our beloved Apphia_] For Appia, but this was the manner of pronunciation at Tarsus, St Pa...
_Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ_ To whom, as such, Philemon could deny nothing. Paul does not call himself an apostle, because he wrote to Philemon only in the character of a friend, to request a fa...
APPHIA; a Christian woman at Colosse, perhaps the wife of Philemon. ARCHIPPUS; a minister of the gospel in that city. Colossians 4:17. THE CHURCH IN THY HOUSE; worshipping in thy house....
AND TO OUR BELOVED APPHIA, AND ARCHIPPUS, OUR FELLOW-SOLDIER, AND TO THE CHURCH IN THY HOUSE:...
Address and Salutation....
1-7 Faith in Christ, and love to him, should unite saints more closely than any outward relation can unite the people of the world. Paul in his private prayers was particular in remembering his frien...
APPHIA was the Roman name of a woman; the naming of her before Archippus, a minister, makes it probable she was Philemon's wife. It appears this ARCHIPPUS was a minister, from COLOSSIANS 4:17. He call...
Philemon 1:2 G2532 beloved G27 Apphia G682 G2532 Archippus G751 our G2257 soldier G4961 and G2532 church...
_Address and Greeting_, vv. 1-3. The apostle, who joins with himself in the greetings of the Epistle his companion Timothy, salutes not only Philemon himself, but the members of his family, and the c...
Philemon 1:2. AND ARCHIPPUS, It is clear from the way in which Archippus is addressed (Colossians 4:17) that he occupied some ministerial office in the Colossian church. The word used there to describ...
TO APPHIA OUR SISTER (Απφια τη αδελφη). Dative case in address. A common name in Phrygian inscriptions and apparently the wife of Philemon. "Sister" is in the Christian sense.TO ARCHIPPUS (Αρχιππω...
CONTENTS: Greeting to Philemon. Intercession for Onesimus. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy, Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, Paul, Epaphras, Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas. CONCLUSION: Wise and good...
AND THE CHURCH. House-churches were common in the first century, but they also met in the temple (Acts 2:46), and in other buildings (Acts 19:9-10). APPHIA. She may have been Philemon's wife. "Sister...
PHILEMON—NOTE ON PHILEMON 1:1 Greetings. The beginning of this letter follows Paul’s typical style, but it is addressed to a person rather than an entire community of believers....
PHILEMON—NOTE ON PHILEMON 1:2 APPHIA may have been Philemon’s wife. ARCHIPPUS may have been Philemon’s son. He may have had a significant ministry in Colossae (see...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philemon 1:1. A PRISONER.—There is evident design in this opening word of the letter. How could Philemon resist an appeal which was penned within prison-walls and by a...
EXPOSITION PHILEMON 1:1 A PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS. He writes a private letter, as friend to friend, and therefore does not describe himself by his official title of apostle. Having to plead the cau...
Tonight let's turn to Philemon. Philemon was written by Paul the apostle unto the man whose name is Philemon who lived in Colossi. This letter was written at the same time that Paul wrote the Colossia...
Colossians 4:17; Philippians 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:3,4; Romans 16:5;...
Our beloved Apphia [α π φ ι α τ η α γ α π η τ η]. Read th aJudelfh the [ο υ ρ] sister. Commonly supposed to have been Philemon's wife. The word is not the common Roman name Appia, but is a Phrygian na...
ONESIMUS Philemon 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The march of the Gospel in the early years. The Early Church gave itself very definitely to the propaganda of the Gospel. This had been the command of Go...
To Apphia — His wife, to whom also the business in part belonged. And the church in thy house — The Christians who meet there....