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Philippians and Philemon: Prison Epistles, Part 2

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Philippians (Philippians 1–4)
    22 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Philippians: Suffering and Community (Philippians Review)
    22 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Overview of Philemon
    22 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Paul and Slavery (Philemon, Romans 6 Review)
    17 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Social Impact
    9 Activities
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    4 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

  1. Use YouVersion to read Colossians 4:9-17 and Philemon 1-2, 8-11, 23-24 and note the key similarity between them. Don’t overthink this. Add your observations in your workbook.
Colossians and Philemon

Having just read the passages from Colossians and Philemon, perhaps you noticed that the two letters feature many of the same names: Epaphras, Onesimus, Mark, Aristarchus, Luke, Demas and Archippus.

 

This suggests Philemon lived in Colossae and may have been a member of the Colossian church. The fact that both letters are addressed to Archippus makes this even more likely. With this being the case, we might read Colossians as a background for this shorter more personal letter.