Overview

• Philemon | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• “Philemon, Letter to” | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Philemon, the Letter of Paul To” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Philemon | Holman Bible Handbook

• Philemon | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• “Philemon, Letter To” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• “Philemon, Epistle to” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Philemon | The Bible Guide

• Paul Asks Philemon to Forgive the Slave Onesimus | The Bible Guide

• Philemon | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Keys to Philemon | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• “Philemon, Letter to” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

• The Letter | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Outline

• Outline | Holman Bible Handbook

• Outline | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Outline | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• Outline of Contents | New Bible Dictionary

• Orientation to the Letter and Its Interpretation | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Outline | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Outline of Philemon | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Brief Outline | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Outline | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Contents

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Content | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Outline | The Bible Guide

Authorship

• Authorship and Rhetoric | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Authorship. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Author | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Author | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Date

• Occasion and Date | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Date and Place of Writing. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Date | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

Purpose

• Purpose | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Purpose | Holman Bible Handbook

• Purpose | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Purpose and Occasion | New Bible Dictionary

• Occasion and Purpose. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Background and Purpose | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Purpose | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Historical Context

• Occasion and Date | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Philemon, the Letter of Paul To” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Purpose and Occasion | New Bible Dictionary

• Orientation to the Letter and Its Interpretation | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Legal Context and Obligations | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• The Letter’s Story | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Background | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Recipients

• Destination | Holman Bible Handbook

• Destination | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Destination. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Recipient | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Location

• Date and Place of Writing. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Origin | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Key Figures

• The Man | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Authenticity

• Authenticity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Introduction | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Style

• Authorship and Rhetoric | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Structure

• Structure | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

Emphases

• Theology | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theological Significance | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theology | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Theological Significance | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Major Theme | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

Interpretation

• Views of Knox | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Message

• Teaching | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Significance

• Value and Significance | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Significance | New Bible Dictionary

• Slavery | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Spiritual Content

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Bible Handbook

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

Bibliography

• Bibliography | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Bibliography | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Bibliography | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Bible Handbook

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Bibliography | New Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Overview

• Introduction Outline | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Introduction | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Philippians and to Philemon

• Philemon | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• “Philemon, Letter to” | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Philemon, the Letter of Paul To” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Philemon | Holman Bible Handbook

• Philemon | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• “Philemon, Letter To” | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• “Philemon, Epistle to” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Philemon | The Bible Guide

• Paul Asks Philemon to Forgive the Slave Onesimus | The Bible Guide

• Philemon | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Keys to Philemon | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• “Philemon, Letter to” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

• The Letter | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Outline

• Analysis of Philemon | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• Outline of Philemon | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Analysis of Philemon | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Outline | Holman Bible Handbook

• Outline | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Outline | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

• Outline of Contents | New Bible Dictionary

• Orientation to the Letter and Its Interpretation | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Outline | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Outline of Philemon | The Bible Reader’s Companion

• Brief Outline | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Outline | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Contents

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Content | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Outline | The Bible Guide

Authorship

• Authorship | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• The Authorship | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Authorship and Rhetoric | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Authorship. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Author | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Author | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Date

• Date and Provenance | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• Occasion and Date | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Place and Date of Origin | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Place of Origin and Date | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Date and Place of Writing. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Date | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

Purpose

• The Purpose of the Letter | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• The Occasion of the Letter | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Purpose | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Purpose | Holman Bible Handbook

• Purpose | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Purpose and Occasion | New Bible Dictionary

• Occasion and Purpose. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Background and Purpose | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

• Purpose | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Historical Context

• Paul and Onesimus | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• Occasion and Date | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Occasion | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Slavery in the First Century | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• “Philemon, the Letter of Paul To” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Purpose and Occasion | New Bible Dictionary

• Orientation to the Letter and Its Interpretation | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Legal Context and Obligations | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• The Letter’s Story | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Background | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Recipients

• The Recipient | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Destination | Holman Bible Handbook

• Destination | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Destination. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Recipient | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Location

• Date and Provenance | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• The Place and Date of Origin | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Place of Origin and Date | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Date and Place of Writing. | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

• Origin | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Key Figures

• The Man | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Authenticity

• Authenticity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Authenticity | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Introduction | The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Style

• Approaches to the Epistle to Philemon | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• The Nature of the Letter | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Authorship and Rhetoric | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Structure

• The Structure of the Letter | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Structure | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

Emphases

• Theology | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theological Significance | Holman Bible Handbook

• Theology | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Theological Significance | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Major Theme | The Books of the Bible Made Easy

Interpretation

• Views of Knox | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Message

• The Message of Philemon | The New American Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

• Teaching | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Significance

• The Significance of the Letter | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• Value and Significance | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• The Letter of Philemon and the Question of Slavery | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Significance | New Bible Dictionary

• Slavery | Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament

Spiritual Content

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Bible Handbook

• Questions for Reflection | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

Bibliography

• Select Bibliography | “The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians”

• Bibliography | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Bibliography | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon

• Commentaries | A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Philippians and to Philemon

• Bibliography | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Bibliography | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Bible Handbook

• Sources for Additional Study | Holman Concise Bible Commentary

• Bibliography | New Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Bible Knowledge Commentary