Philemon 1:9-12 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁹I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

          10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
          11Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
          12I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

— Philemon 1:9-12

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Article by Patrick D. Odum

If the gospel we believe doesn't cause us to liberate people from the chains of our prejudices and selfishness, then perhaps we don’t understand it. Patrick Odom uses the short letter of Paul to Philemon to remind us what is important in Christ.

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Article by Patrick D. Odum

Do you sometimes feel useless? No matter what others say or do to make you feel useless, Jesus loves you and has demonstrated again and again that you are useful to him!

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