Bible Verses About "Who Was Onesimus in the Bible"
Onesimus was Philemon's runaway slave whom Paul led to faith in Christ in prison, and whom Paul sent back to his master with the letter urging Philemon to receive him as a beloved brother.
Onesimus was Philemon's runaway slave whom Paul led to faith in Christ in prison, and whom Paul sent back to his master with the letter urging Philemon to receive him as a beloved brother.
"I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me." — Philemon 1:10-11 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Was Onesimus in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me."
"For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 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?"
"But if he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 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."
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