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Onesimus

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: onesimos, advantageous, profitable)

A native of Phrygia who robbed and fled from his master, Philemon, to Rome where he was converted to Christianity by Saint Paul, and thence sent back to his master with the "Epistle of Saint Paul to Philemon."

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Entry for 'Onesimus'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​o/onesimus.html. 1910.
 
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