“It is not a great thing to humble oneself when one is lowly, but it is commendable for a noble man to humble himself. Therefore, the Apostle asks him, to whom he has the authority to command, to be in all things a model for the advancement of merits. Therefore, when Onesimus, a fugitive, returned to seek divine assist…”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — Commentary on Philemon
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10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
— Philemon 1:10 —
11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: