Philemon Bible Study Resources — Wednesday in the Word

Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study both Paul’s epistle to Philemon.

This little letter to Philemon is a marvelous example of the strongest force in the universe to affect control over someone — grace. It takes up one of the most difficult problems we ever encounter, that of resolving quarrels between family members. We can ignore something a stranger does to hurt us, but it is very hard to forgive a member of our own family or someone close to us. – Ray Stedman

Bible Study: Philemon: How to be a hero

Background & Outlines

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Bible Study Helps

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Maps from Bible-History.com

Maps from Studylight.org

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Key Words in Philemon

Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text. “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses.

Christ (8x) – Strong’s G5547 in 1:1, 1:3, 1:6, 1:8, 1:9, 1:20, 1:23, 1:25
brother (5x/4v) – Strong’s G80 in 1:1, 1:7, 1:16, 1:20; sister (1x) – Strong’s G79 in 1:2; Father (1x) – Strong’s G3962 in 1:3
fellow (4x) – Strong’s G4904 in 1:1 -worker, 1:2 -soldier, 1:23 -prisoner, 1:24 -workers; partner (1x) – Strong’s G2844 in 1:17
appeal (2x) – Strong’s G3870 in 1:9, 1:10
love (3x) – Strong’s G26 in 1:5, 1:5, 1:9
faith (2x) – Strong’s G4102 in 1:5, 1:6
slave (2x/1v)- Strong’s G1401 in 1:16
confidence (2x) – Strong’s G3954 in 1:8; Strong’s G3982 in 1:21
refresh, refreshed (2x) – Strong’s G373 in 1:7, 1:20
accept (1x) – Strong’s G4355 in 1:17