MistyTiger wrote:Philemon? I really don't remember an epistle by that name.
The Epistle to Philemon is an 18th book of the New Testament of the Bible. It is Saint Paul's eloquent appeal on behalf of a runaway slave, Onesimus, whom he had converted to Christianity.
The letter, which was probably written during Paul's Ephesian imprisonment in AD 56 or during his Roman imprisonment 5 years later, shows the depth of his Christian humanism. In it he asks Philemon - a wealthy Christian of Colossae whom he had converted - for Onesimus's quiet return to his former station or, in another interpretation, for his complete freedom to become an evangelist. The epistle is considered one of the most important early Christian writings that deal with such issues as forgiveness and humanism.
You can read it here.EDIT: Damn you Potemkin, you beat me to it.
*raises fist in the air*