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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Philemon 1:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:15 you lost Onesimus (literally he went away): This might be a euphemism for running away, in order not to mention Onesimus’s offense directly. • so that you could have him back forever: It is implied that God providentially arranged events to lead to Onesimus’s salvation.
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