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    A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon
    A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon
    A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon
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    A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon

    By James D. Quiggle

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    Through Paul’s letter to Philemon the Holy Spirit created Scripture instructing the church how and why to reconcile with sinning Christian brethren. The letter divides into six sections: greeting, praise and prayer, an appeal, an argument, a promise, assurance and closing thoughts. The exposition is based on the author’s translation.

    James D. Quiggle has written commentaries on Old and New Testament books, a biography of
    Adam and Eve, works on tithing, the Antichrist, and the doctrines of foreordination, election, and predestination. All are available through online retailers in eBook/epub formats and in print.

    The author has a lifetime of teaching the scriptures and master’s degrees in religion and theology. Philemon is the ninth book in his Private Commentary on the Bible series.

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    PublisherJames D. Quiggle
    Release dateSep 3, 2012
    ISBN9781301333349
    A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon
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    James D. Quiggle

    James D. Quiggle was born in 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He grew up in Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. In the early 1970s he joined the United States Air Force. At his first permanent assignment in Indian Springs, Nevada in a small Baptist church, the pastor introduced him to Jesus and soon after he was saved. Over the next ten years those he met in churches from the East Coast to the West Coast, mature Christian men, poured themselves into mentoring him. In the 1970s he was gifted with the Scofield Bible Course from Moody Bible Institute. As he completed his studies his spiritual gift of teaching became even more apparent. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Bethany Bible College during the 1980s while still in the Air Force. Between 2006–2008, after his career in the Air Force and with his children grown up, he decided to continue his education. He enrolled in Bethany Divinity College and Seminary and earned a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Theological Studies.As an extension of his spiritual gift of teaching, he was prompted by the Holy Spirit to begin writing books. James Quiggle is now a Christian author with over fifty commentaries on Bible books and doctrines. He is an editor for the Evangelical Dispensational Quarterly Journal published by Scofield Biblical Institute and Theological Seminary.He continues to write and has a vibrant teaching ministry through social media.

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      A Private Commentary on the Bible - James D. Quiggle

      A Private Commentary

      On The Bible

      PHILEMON

      James D. Quiggle

      Copyright James D. Quiggle 2012

      Published at Smashwords

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      BOOKS BY JAMES D. QUIGGLE

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      DOCTRINAL SERIES

      A Biblical Response to Same-gender Marriage

      Adam and Eve, a Biography and Theology

      Antichrist, His Genealogy, Kingdom, and Religion

      Biblical Homosexuality

      Dispensational Eschatology

      God Became Incarnate

      God’s Choices

      Spiritual Gifts

      A PRIVATE COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE SERIES

      Old Testament

      Ruth; Esther; Song of Solomon; Daniel, Jonah

      New Testament

      John 1–12; John 13–21; Ephesians; Philemon; Hebrews; James; 1 Peter; 2 Peter; John’s Epistles; Jude

      Visit me at https://www.facebook.com/BooksOfQ

      Copyright Page

      A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon

      Copyright© 2012 James D. Quiggle

      Revised 2016 to correct minor misspelling and formatting.

      Published on Smashwords by James D. Quiggle

      Translation of Philemon by James D. Quiggle

      Other Scripture translations in the body of the commentary are by James D. Quiggle or may be quoted from one of the following:

      American Standard Version (ASV), 1901. Public Domain.

      Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), Copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, by Holman Bible Publishers. Scripture quotations marked HCSB are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Holman CSB®, and HCSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

      New King James Version® (NKJV). Copyright© 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      The Holy Bible: New International Version (NIV), Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

      The New Testament, a translation by William Barclay, The Estate of William Barclay, 1968, 1999. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.

      The New Testament, an Expanded Translation, by Kenneth S. Wuest, Copyright© 1961 by Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.

      The Septuagint with Apocrypha: English. Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton. Samuel Bagster & Sons, Ltd., London 1851. Accessed at http://ecmarsh.com/lxx/.

      Dedicated To

      My Wife

      Linda Marie

      Faithful Partner

      Fellow Servant

      Best Friend

      We are all the Lord’s Onesimi

      – Martin Luther

      Contents

      Publisher’s Note

      Preface

      Introduction

      Paul’s Letter to Philemon on Behalf of Onesimus

      Philemon 1–3 The Greeting

      Philemon 4–7 Praise and Prayer

      Philemon 8–11 The Appeal

      Philemon 12–16 The Argument

      Philemon 17–20 The Promise

      Philemon 21–25 Assurance and Closing

      Appendix: Slavery and Christianity In the Ancient World

      Sources

      Publisher’s Note

      In the Private Commentary series Greek words are transliterated and defined according to The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament (herein abbreviated WSDNT), unless otherwise noted. Hebrew words are transliterated and defined according to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (herein abbreviated TWOT), unless otherwise noted. In most instances the vocabulary form is given, not the grammatical form.

      When the literal word order of a Greek text is given it is based on The Interlinear Literal Translation of the Greek New Testament, by George Ricker Berry (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977), unless otherwise noted. A word in brackets, e.g., [the], indicates a word not in the Greek text that should be supplied to make the sentence more readable in English.

      When a literal word order of a Hebrew text is given it is based on the interlinear Bible at www.biblos.com, unless otherwise noted.

      To find complete citation information please refer to the Sources section.

      eBook Versions

      Certain Hebrew and Greek words cannot be accurately transliterated in the eBook versions of this work. The software used to convert documents to eBook format does not support the diacritical marks macron and hacek, nor the circumflex for certain letters. I have replaced both hacek and circumflex with a tilde (~) to give the reader some idea of how the words are spelled. No such substitute is available for the macron (which looks like the English long vowel symbol). WSDNT also uses a macron with an acute accent. This has been replaced with the acute accent. Please consult WSDNT or TWOT for correct spelling.

      When text is converted to eBook format, footnotes are converted to endnotes. In some eBook formats using superscript characters in the text to identify a footnote (or endnote) will cause an extra line to be inserted into the text. I feel these changes disrupt the flow of the text for the reader. For these reasons the majority of explanatory footnotes as found in the print version have been incorporated into the body of the text in the eBook version.

      The same issue also affects footnoted (or endnote) sources. In the eBook versions I have placed references to sources into the body of the text using brackets. The references are shortened to the author’s name and page number cited, e.g., [Ames, 83]. When a source has two or more authors only the first is cited. Authors with the same last name are distinguished by the first initial, e.g., Brown, C.; Brown, J. Where a sentence begins with the author’s name followed by a quote I have shortened the reference to the page number where the quote will be found, and placed the bracketed number immediately following the author’s name. For example, Ames [83] wrote, God is everywhere because. Where an author has more than one work a short version of the title is also given, e.g., [Bush, Genesis, 25]; [Bush, Exodus, 37].

      In the eBook version references to lexicons and dictionaries are shortened to an abbreviation and index name or number (not a page number). For example, for Greek words the footnote reference in the print version would be, Zodhiates, WSDNT, s. v. "2307, thélēma.", but the eBook in-text reference is shortened to [WSDNT, 2307]. For Old Testament words the footnote reference in the print version would be Harris et al., TWOT, s. v. "1124. laqah.", but the eBook reference is [TWOT, 1124].

      To find complete citation information please refer to the Sources section.

      Preface

      The Private Commentary on the Old and New Testaments is my interpretation of the Bible, neither more nor less. I am responsible for the use made of all quoted and cited material.

      The scope of the Private Commentary series is to bring the reader to a practical understanding of the scriptures. I explain and discuss each verse, idea, theme, and biblical truth as discovered in turn during the course of the exposition. My target audience is the Bible college/seminary student, Bible study/small group leader, Sunday School teacher, and local church Pastor. My point of view is a conservative theology. Other opinions concerning the Scripture are presented and discussed as I believe will profit the target audience. Bible students who desire to understand and apply the scriptures are invited to study the book with me and come to their own conclusions.

      This material is copyrighted to prevent misuse or abuse. Those persons using this material in their teaching/preaching ministry may copy and distribute individual pages (e.g., an excursus, a table/list, or an appendix) for distribution to one’s students or auditors. The entire book may not be copied and/or distributed, nor large portions of the book, such as a chapter or extended comments on Scripture passages. The cost of this work has been kept as low as possible so every interested teacher, preacher, and student may afford a personal copy.

      Introduction

      The Epistle to Philemon is a personal letter from the apostle Paul to a friend, Philemon. Philemon was a free man, a landowner and slave owner, and a member of the Christian church in the city of Colossae in Asia Minor (now Turkey). The Colossian church held its meetings in Philemon’s house. In the letter Paul implies that he was instrumental in Philemon’s salvation. The letter was written on behalf of a man named Onesimus. Onesimus was a slave who had run away from his master Philemon. Some commentators propose Onesimus was a freed slave. The majority of commentators since antiquity have taken the position Onesimus was a runaway slave, and that is the position I have taken in this commentary.

      Onesimus had made his way to Rome, as many runaway slaves did, and there had met the apostle Paul. In the course of their relationship Onesimus heard the gospel of salvation, believed on Jesus Christ as his Savior, and became a new man, born-again in Christ. As a runaway slave Onesimus had a legal obligation to return to his old master. As a Christian Onesimus had an obligation to Christ to return to Philemon, find reconciliation, and make restitution for wrongs committed and debts owed. Paul’s letter was written to re-introduce Philemon to his old slave but new brother in Christ, and encourage Philemon to accept Onesimus in forgiveness, reconciliation, and Christian fellowship.

      A greater understanding of the epistle is gained if the reader has some understanding of slavery in the ancient world

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