PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO

  

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PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO

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Philemon, Epistle to was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for the purpose of interceding for Onesimus (q.v.), who had deserted his master Philemon and been "unprofitable" to him. Paul had found Onesimus at Rome, and had there been instrumental in his conversion, and now he sends him back to his master with this letter. This epistle has the character of a strictly private letter, and is the only one of such epistles preserved to us. "It exhibits the apostle in a new light. He throws off as far as possible his apostolic dignity and his fatherly authority over his converts. He speaks simply as Christian to Christian. He speaks, therefore, with that peculiar grace of humility and courtesy which has, under the reign of Christianity, developed the spirit of chivalry and what is called 'the character of a gentleman,' certainly very little known in the old Greek and Roman civilization" (Dr. Barry). (See SLAVE.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-p-p-s-t-t"

-5 letters: entomophilies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PHILEMON, EPISTLE TO


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 48 49 4C 45 4D 4F 4E 2C      45 50 49 53 54 4C 45      54 4F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001000 01001001 01001100 01000101 01001101 01001111 01001110 00101100 00100000 01000101 01010000 01001001 01010011 01010100 01001100 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#72 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#77 &#79 &#78 &#44 &#32 &#69 &#80 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0048 0049 004C 0045 004D 004F 004E 002C      0045 0050 0049 0053 0054 004C 0045      0054 004F

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50424346394749481423950435354463925449

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