Letter 106 — The Envelope: The Runaway (Philemon)
A runaway slave carries a letter about himself back to the master he ran from. Week two of Paper and Ink opens the shortest of Paul's letters, one sheet of papyrus with the whole gospel folded inside it.
In this letter
- A slow read of Philemon (NKJV, selected verses, with verses 8 and 9 from your own Bible)
- How a letter traveled in Paul's world, carried by a friend and read aloud
- Three men at the center of the letter, a prisoner, a master, and a slave who ran
- The ledger language of verse 18
- Splanchnon teased as the week's word, with three hearts in verses 7, 12, and 20
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