Onesimus
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Onesimus was a Christian mentioned in the New Testament. He was a slave to Philemon, a Christian, and is the subject of Paul's Epistle to Philemon.
Decorated initial with Paul, Onesimus (delivering letter) and Philemon
Saint Onesimus
Painting depicting death of Onesimus, from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD)
Epistle to the Colossians
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The Epistle to the Colossians is a Pauline epistle and the twelfth book of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was written, according to the text, by Paul the Apostle and Timothy, and address
Text from Romans and Philippians, continuing on to Colossians 1:1–2 on Papyrus 46 (c. AD 200)
The first page of Colossians in Minuscule 321 gives its title as προς κολασσαείς, "to the Colossians". British Library, London.
The last page of Colossians in the Codex Claromontanus in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Ruined building in Colossae