Practicing
Brotherly Love: Lesson Text Philemon
Key Verse: Philemon 1:15,16:
Philemon 1:15 For1063 perhaps5029 he therefore1223, 5124 departed5563 for4314 a season,5610 that2443
thou shouldest
receive568
him846 forever;166
Philemon 1:16 Not now3765 as5613 a servant,1401 but235 above5228 a servant,1401 a brother80
beloved,27
especially3122
to me,1698 but1161 how much4214 more3123 unto thee,4671 both2532 in1722
the flesh4561 and2532 in1722 the Lord?29
For: Assigning a reason used in an argument, explanation or intensification, and, as, because that, but, even.
Perhaps:
Shortly, i.e. possibly, peradventure, prompt or ready, swift.
He
therefore: The channel of an act, by reason of, thereby, through,
through that thing, hereunto, through the same, thus, wherefore.
Departed:
To place room between, i.e. part, to go away, put asunder, separate, empty
expanse, i.e. a space of territory more or less extensive.
For:
A preposition of direction, forward to, i.e. toward, about, because of,
against, because of.
A
season: Day, hour, instant, eventide, and a high time.
That:
In order that denoting the purpose or the result, albeit, because, to the
intent that, so as, so that.
Thou
shouldest receive: To have out, i.e. to receive in full, be,
have.
Him;
The other, mine own, this man.
Forever:
Perpetual, eternal, everlasting, world began, perpetual, regularly, earnestly.
Philemon
1:16
Not
now: Not yet, no longer, after that, not any more, henceforth not,
hereafter not, no longer, no more.
As:
Which how, i.e. in that manner, about, after that, according as it had been, it
were.
A
servant: A slave, frequently therefore in a qualified sense of
subjection or subserviency, bondman.
But:
Other things, contrariwise in many relations, and, but even, howbeit, indeed,
nay, nevertheless.
Above:
Over, i.e. with the genitive of place, above, beyond, across, or causative for
the sake of, instead, regarding, with the accusative superior to, more than,
exceeding abundantly.
A
servant: A slave, frequently therefore in a qualified sense of
subjection, or subserviency, bondman.
A
brother: Union, the womb, near or remote.
Beloved:
Dearly, dearly beloved, well beloved, dear.
Especially:
Very, most in the greatest degree or particularly, chiefly, most of all,
specially.
To
me: I, me, mine, my.
But:
An adversative or continuative, and, now.
How
much: How long, how large, how many, how great, what.
Unto
thee: To thee, to thine own, thou, thy.
Both:
A primary particle having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force.
In:
Fixed position in place, time, or state by implication instrumentality, a
relation of rest.
The
flesh: As stripped of the skin, the body as opposed to the soul or spirit,
human nature with frailties (physical or moral) and passions, carnally minded.
And:
A primary particle having a copulative and sometimes a cumulative effect.
In: Fixed position in place, time or state and by implication instrumentality medially or constructively i.e. a relation of rest.
The Lord: Supremacy, supreme in authority, i.e. as controller, by implication Mr., as a respectful title, God, Sir, Master.
Lesson Focus:
Philemon 4-21
1. Paul’s Prayer: Philemon 4-7
2. Paul's Request: Philemon 8-17
3. Paul's Confidence: Philemon 18-21