Philemon 1-3 – Greeting

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Phm 1 Normally Paul presents himself as an “apostle”, but now he presents himself as a “prisoner”. Paul is imprisoned in Rome when he writes this letter (Acts 28:30-31). Although Paul is a “Roman prisoner”, he chooses to think of himself as a “prisoner of Christ Jesus” because he is imprisoned for bearing witness to Jesus Christ (Philemon 13). This …