Fragment on the Letter to Philemon
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem
The Argument for Onesimus§1
1In many letters, he speaks a word as a stranger, one intended to be constructive; and now, since it was about to claim something on behalf of Onesimus according to his own worth—and his worth is to be in bondage—he demonstrates the trustworthiness of the appeal.
Greek · §1
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem (in catenis) Phm 1,1 Ἐν πολλαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς ξένον τίθησι ῥῆμα τοῦ μέλλοντος εἰσάγεσθαι λόγου κατασκευαστικόν, καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ ἔμελλεν ἀξιοῦν ὑπὲρ Ὀνησίμου τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀξίᾳ– ἀξία δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ δεδέσθαι–, τὸ ἀξιόπιστον τῆς παρακλήσεως δείκνυσιν.
Unit 1 rem early§2
2In many letters, he speaks a word as a strangerne intended to be constructive; and now, since it was about to claim something on behalf of Onesimus according to his own worth—and his worth is to be in bondage—he demonstrates the trustworthiness of the appeal.
Greek · §2
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem (in catenis) Phm 1,1 Ἐν πολλαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς ξένον τίθησι ῥῆμα τοῦ μέλλοντος εἰσάγεσθαι λόγου κατασκευαστικόν, καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ ἔμελλεν ἀξιοῦν ὑπὲρ Ὀνησίμου τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀξίᾳ– ἀξία δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ δεδέσθαι–, τὸ ἀξιόπιστον τῆς παρακλήσεως δείκνυσιν.
Unit 1 rem mid§3
3In many letters, he speaks a word as a strangerne intended to be constructive; and now, since it was about to claim something on behalf of Onesimus according to his own worth—and his worth is to be in bondage—he demonstrates the trustworthiness of the appeal.
Greek · §3
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem (in catenis) Phm 1,1 Ἐν πολλαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς ξένον τίθησι ῥῆμα τοῦ μέλλοντος εἰσάγεσθαι λόγου κατασκευαστικόν, καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ ἔμελλεν ἀξιοῦν ὑπὲρ Ὀνησίμου τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀξίᾳ– ἀξία δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ δεδέσθαι–, τὸ ἀξιόπιστον τῆς παρακλήσεως δείκνυσιν.
Unit 1 rem close§4
4In many letters, he speaks a word as a strangerne intended to be constructive; and now, since it was about to claim something on behalf of Onesimus according to his own worth—and his worth is to be in bondage—he demonstrates the trustworthiness of the appeal.
Greek · §4
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem (in catenis) Phm 1,1 Ἐν πολλαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς ξένον τίθησι ῥῆμα τοῦ μέλλοντος εἰσάγεσθαι λόγου κατασκευαστικόν, καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ ἔμελλεν ἀξιοῦν ὑπὲρ Ὀνησίμου τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀξίᾳ– ἀξία δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ δεδέσθαι–, τὸ ἀξιόπιστον τῆς παρακλήσεως δείκνυσιν.