If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me. Philemon 17
The Apostle Paul had written this letter to Philemon with regard to his runaway slave, Onesimus. Onesimus, now a Christian, was going back for reconciliation with his former master. Paul appealed to Philemon to respond as a Christian brother, not an angry boss. Paul appealed to him as fellow partners with Jesus, as fellow workers in the church, and as fellow recipients of God's grace. Those are the kind of partnerships we should and must develop with others. We will all be better off when we do.
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