Filemón 1:16

Listen to Filemón 1:16
16 nĂŁo mais como escravo, mas muito alĂ©m de escravo, como irmĂŁo amado. Para mim ele Ă© um irmĂŁo muito amado, e ainda mais para vocĂȘ, tanto como pessoa quanto como cristĂŁo.[a]

Filemón 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Philemon 1:16

Not now as a servant
That is, not only as a servant, for a servant he was, and was to be received as such; his call by grace had not dissolved the civil relation that was between him and his master, though it had added to it something that was above it, and greater than it:

but above a servant;
in a higher condition, as the Arabic version renders it, than a servant; not barely considered in that relation, but as being in one much preferable to it:

a brother beloved, specially to me;
a brother in Christ, and to be beloved on that account, as he was especially by the apostle, who had been the instrument of his conversion; see ( Colossians 4:9 ) .

But how much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
both in a natural and civil sense, as being of the same nation and country, and as being part of his family, his servant, and now become an useful and profitable one; and, in a spiritual sense, being in the Lord, belonging to the Lord Jesus, to that family which is named of him, being a fellow citizen with the saints, and of the household of God, and therefore must be doubly dear to him.

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Filemón 1:16 In-Context

14 Mas nĂŁo quis fazer nada sem a sua permissĂŁo, para que qualquer favor que vocĂȘ fizer seja espontĂąneo, e nĂŁo forçado.
15 Talvez ele tenha sido separado de vocĂȘ por algum tempo, para que vocĂȘ o tivesse de volta para sempre,
16 nĂŁo mais como escravo, mas muito alĂ©m de escravo, como irmĂŁo amado. Para mim ele Ă© um irmĂŁo muito amado, e ainda mais para vocĂȘ, tanto como pessoa quanto como cristĂŁo.
17 Assim, se vocĂȘ me considera companheiro na fĂ©, receba-o como se estivesse recebendo a mim.
18 Se ele o prejudicou em algo ou deve alguma coisa a vocĂȘ, ponha na minha conta.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Grego: "tanto na carne quanto no Senhor."
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