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7W. C. van Manen, “Philemon, Epistle to,” Enc. Bib., III (London, 1902), col. 3695.
8Pliny, Epistles 9.21. For translations see J. B. Lightfoot, Colossians and Philemon, p. 318; J. Knox, Philemon among the Letters of Paul (London, 21959), pp. 16-17; E. M. Blaiklock, From Prison in Rome (London, 1964), pp. 71-72.
9“One might add,” van Manen continued, “that he has thus given us a practical commentary on such texts as Col. 3:22-25; Eph. 6:5-9; 1 Cor. 7:21-22” (Enc. Bib., col. 3696).
10Cf. P. N. Harrison, “Onesimus and Philemon,” ATR 32 (1950), 268-94; Paulines and Pastorals (London, 1964), pp. 74-78.