Philemon 1:21 meaning and explanation

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

Philemon 1:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes to Philemon, a slave owner in whose house the church meets, about Onesimus, a runaway slave Paul has led to faith in prison. Having appealed on the basis of love rather than command, Paul now closes with quiet confidence.

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