Philemon 1:19

I Paul have written it, with mine own hand,.... Meaning either this epistle, which being short, he used no amanuensis, but wrote it all himself, and which might be taken as an engagement to do what he…

I Paul have written it with mine own hand - It has been inferred from this, that Paul wrote this entire Epistle with his own hand, though this was contrary to his usual practice; compare the Rom 16:22…

I Paul have written it with mine own hand - It is likely that the whole of the letter was written by St. Paul himself, which was not his usual custom. See on Th2 3:17 (note). But by thus speaking he…

We have here,

I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this…

I Paul have written it Lit., "did write it;" an "epistolary aorist" (Col 4:8); "the tense commonly used in signatures" (Lightfoot). Here, surely, he takes the pen (cp. Col 4:18) and writes his…