Philemon in the Bible

Meaning: who kisses

Exact Match

and to Apphia our sister [Note: This was probably Philemon's wife], and to Archippus our fellow-soldier [Note: This was probably Philemon's preacher son. See Col. 4:17] and to the church [that meets] in your house.

And another thing: Prepare a place for me to stay, because I hope that through [an answer to] your prayers I will be returned to you. [Note: Paul was hoping to be released from imprisonment to visit Philemon at Colosse].

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, Amen. {Here ends the Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle unto Philemon, Sent from Rome by Onesimus, a servant.}

Thematic Bible



because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;


May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with the spirit of every one of you.


It was my wish to keep him at my side for him to attend to my wants, as your representative, during my imprisonment for the Good News. Only I wished to do nothing without your consent, so that his kind action of yours might not be done under pressure, but might be a voluntary one.