105 Cf. Col. 1:7; 4:12.

105 Cf. Col. 1:7; 4:12.

¹⁰⁵Cf. Col. 1:7; 4:12.

¹⁰⁶Gk. συναɩϰμάλωτoς, literally “fellow-prisoner-of-war” (cf. p. 178, on Col. 4:10).

¹⁰⁷“Mitchrist,” says M. Dibelius (ad loc, and on Col. 4:10).

¹⁰⁸E. Amling, “Eine Konjektur im Philemonbrief,” ZNW 10 (1909), 261-62, argued that the name of Jesus Justus was omitted from the present list by a scribal mistake.

¹⁰⁹Gk. συνεϱγoί, as in Col. 4:11.

¹¹⁰After ϰυϱίoυ, A C D Ψ and the majority of cursives with lat syr^pesh co insert ἡμῶν (”our”).

¹¹¹A final ἀμήν is added in ℵ C D² Ψ and the majority of cursives with lat syr co^bo. As in Col. 4:18 and other letters where it was probably absent from the original text, the addition of “Amen” is due to its being the congregation’s response when the letter was read aloud as part of the church’s lectionary (cf. p. 331 with n. 115).

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