Onesimus in Biblical History

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Who is Onesimus?
ONES'IMUS
(useful), a slave of Philemon in whose behalf Paul wrote the Epistle to Philemon. Col 4:9. He seems to have fled from his master, Phile 15, but returned to him a Christian. His conversion was brought about through Paul at Rome. Phile 10. Tradition says he was afterward made bishop of Beraea, in Macedonia.

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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'onesimus' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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