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Philemon

Philemon was a woman in Greek mythology, wife of Baucis. See Baucis and Philemon for details.


Philemon was a person in the Bible New Testament and the recipient of the Epistle to Philemon.

He was an inhabitant of Colossae, and apparently a person of some note among the citizens (Col. 4:9; Philemon 1:2). He was brought to a knowledge of the gospel through the instrumentality of Paul (19), and held a prominent place in the Christian community for his piety and beneficence (4-7). He is called in the epistle a "fellow-labourer," and therefore probably held some office in the church at Colossae; at all events, the title denotes that he took part in the work of spreading a knowledge of the gospel.


Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 -- Please update as needed



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