grace. See on

Romans 16:20,24 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen...

your spirit.

2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON Philemon appears to have been a person of some consideration at Colosse, and in the church at that place, (ver.

Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow laborer,

,

2

Colossians 4:9,17 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known to you all things which are done here...

) who had been converted by the ministry of Paul, (ver.

19,) probably during his abode at Ephesus, (Ac.

19:10) Onesimus, a slave of Philemon, having, as it is generally thought, been guilty of some dishonesty, fled from his master, and came to Rome, where the apostle was at that time under confinement the first time, as appears by his expectation of being shortly released, (ver.

22,) about A. D.

62. Having by some means attended the preaching of the apostle, 'in his own hired house,' (Ac.

28:16,23) it pleased God to bless it to his conversion. After he had given satisfactory evidence of a real change, and manifested an excellent and amiable disposition, which greatly endeared him to Paul, he was sent back to his master by the apostle, who wrote this epistle to reconcile Philemon to his once unfaithful servant.