Runway Slave

Runway Slave

During his stay in Rome, Paul met a runaway slave. keep several those days, rich Romans would generally keep several slaves for menial jobs. And if they ran away; as a punishment, they could be maimed, branded or even killed. To save him from such a fate, Paul decided to let the slave live with him. His name was Onesimus. He would help Paul in many things while Paul would teach him about Jesus. Soon Paul converted Onesimus into a Christian. Onesimus had been living with Paul for a long time now and he knew that he would have to go back and face the punishment. It so happened that Paul knew his master. His name was Philemon, who had also been converted to Christianity by Paul. As soon as Paul got to know this, he wrote a letter to Philemon saying, “Dear Philemon, I have recently met someone. He happens to be your slave. you might have thought him a useless one but I assure you he is not. I request you to welcome him back like you would welcome me. Though I would like to keep him, I would wait for your consent. Meanwhile accept him as a brother as he is a Christian now and I will pay back any money he owes you.” As he ended his letter, he silently hoped that once his prison stay would end, he would visit Philemon once again.

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