Fragment on the Letter to Philemon · §4

Unit 1 rem close

In 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

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.

About this text

Severianus of Gabala, Fragmentum in epistulam ad Philemonem (Greek).

Catalogue & scope

Khazarzar scan

Witnesses

  • Copy-text PG 65 (Khazarzar) (Greek)

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