--- title: "Philemon 1 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Philemon 1 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archip" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/philemon/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/philemon/1)[ Commentary](/study/philemon/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/philemon/1) Audio 1 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 thy house: 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech *thee*, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth *thee* ought, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul have written *it* with mine own hand, I will repay *it*: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ *be* with your spirit. Amen. [Titus 3](/study/titus/3) [Hebrews 1](/study/hebrews/1) ## Commentary To verse 1 -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, 5570. -Year of the Alexandrian era of the world, 5563. -Year of the Antiochian era of the world, 5554. -Year of the Julian period, 4773. -Year of the world, according to Archbishop Usher, 4066. -Year of the world, according to Eusebius, in his Chronicon, 4290. -Year of the minor Jewish era of the world, or that in common use, 3822. -Year of the Greater Rabbinical era of the world, 4421. -Year from the Flood, according to Archbishop Usher, and the English Bible, 2410. -Year of the Cali yuga, or Indian era of the Deluge, 3164. -Year of the era of Iphitus, or since the first commencement of the Olympic games, 1002. -Year of the era of Nabonassar, king of Babylon, 809. -Year of the CCXth Olympiad, 2. -Year from the building of Rome, according to Fabius Pictor, 809. -Year from the building of Rome, according to Frontinus, 813. -Year from the building of Rome, according to the Fasti Capitolini, 814. -Year from the building of Rome, according to Varro, which was that most generally used, 815. -Year of the era of the Seleucidae, 374. -Year of the Caesarean era of Antioch, 110. -Year of the Julian era, 107. -Year of the Spanish era, 100. -Year from the birth of Jesus Christ according to Archbishop Usher, 66. -Year of the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 62. -Year of Albinus, governor of the Jews, 1. -Year of Vologesus, king of the Parthians, 13. -Year of Domitus Corbulo, governor of Syria, 3. -Jesus, high priest of the Jews, 3. -Year of the Dionysian period, or Easter Cycle, 63. -Year of the Grecian Cycle of nineteen years, or Common Golden Number, 6; or the first after the second embolismic. -Year of the Jewish Cycle of nineteen years, 3, or the first embolismic. -Year of the Solar Cycle, 15. -Dominical Letter, it being the second after the Bissextile, or Leap Year, C. -Day of the Jewish Passover, according to the Roman computation of time, the IVth of the ides of April, or, in our common mode of reckoning, the tenth of April, which happened in this year on the day after the Jewish Sabbath. -Easter Sunday, the IIId of the ides of April, named by the Jews the 22d of Nisan or Abib; and by Europeans in general, the 11th of April. -Epact, or age of the moon on the 22d of March, (the day of the earliest Easter Sunday possible,) 25. -Epact, according to the present mode of computation, or the moon's age on New Year's day, or the Calends of January, 2. -Monthly Epacts, or age of the moon on the Calends of each month respectively, (beginning with January,) 2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 11. -Number of Direction, or the number of days from the twenty-first of March to the Jewish Passover, 20. -Year of the reign of Caius Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, the fifth Roman emperor, computing from Augustus Caesar, 9. -Roman Consuls, P. Marius Celsus and L. Asinius Gallus, who were succeeded by L. Annaeus Seneca and Trebellius Maximus, on the 1st of July. PHILEMON *Paul's salutation to Philemon, and the Church at his house*, 1-3. *He extols his faith, love, and Christian charity*, 4-7. *Entreats forgiveness for his servant Onesimus*, 8-14. *Urges motives to induce Philemon to forgive him*, 15-17. *Promises to repair any wrong he had done to his master*, 18, 19. *Expresses his confidence that Philemon will comply with his* *request*, 20, 21. *Directs Philemon to prepare him a lodging*, 22. *Salutations and apostolical benediction*, 23-25. NOTES ON PHILEMON. Verse [Philemon 1:1](/kjv/philemon/1/1). ***Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ*** — It has already been noted, in the preface, that Paul was a prisoner at Rome when he wrote this epistle, and those to the Colossians and Philippians. But some think that the term *prisoner* does not sufficiently point out the apostle's *state*, and that the original word δεσμιος should be translated *bound with a chain*: this is certainly its meaning; and it shows us in some measure his circumstances-one arm was bound with a chain to the arm of the soldier to whose custody he had been delivered. It has also been remarked that Paul does not call himself an *apostle* here, because the letter was a letter of *friendship*, and on *private concerns*. But the MSS. are not entirely agreed on this subject. Two MSS. have δουλος, a *servant*; the *Codex Claromontanus* and the *Codex Sangermanensis*, both in the *Greek* and *Latin*, have αποστολος, *apostle*; and *Cassiodorus* has αποστολος δεσμιος, Paul, *an imprisoned apostle* of Jesus Christ. They, however, generally agree in the omission of the word αποστολος. ***Unto Philemon our dearly beloved*** — There is a peculiarity in the use of *proper names* in this epistle which is not found in any other part of St. Paul's writings. The names to which we refer are *Philemon, Apphia, Archippus*, and *Onesimus*. 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