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Tim Maas
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It is generally assumed that Philemon lived in Colossae, since, in Paul's epistle to the Colossians (Colossians 4:9 and Colossians 4:17), Onesimus (the slave who fled from Philemon) and Archippus (whom Paul greets in the letter to Philemon) are described as members of the church there. (Philemon himself may have converted to Christianity through Paul's ministry, possibly in Ephesus.) Apphia (in the epistle's salutation) is probably Philemon's wife. Also, some have speculated that Archippus, described by Paul as a "fellow soldier", is the son of Philemon and Apphia.
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