• Learn this week’s Q & A and Bible Verse together.
• Read the Book of Philemon with your child. Encourage
her to imagine events that might have happened before
and after Paul wrote the letter on behalf of the slave
Onesimus.
• Ask your child to explain what it means to redeem
someone. Encourage her to describe what Jesus did to
redeem people from sin.
Q & A
Q: What is redemption?
A: Redemption is paying what is required to set someone free.
Bible Verse
But I know my living Redeemer. Job 19:25 (HCSB)
Bible Story: Paul Helps Onesimus and Philemon
While Paul was in prison, he wrote a letter to a Christian friend named Philemon. “I always thank my God when mention you in my prayers,” Paul wrote. Philemon had a slave named Onesimus. Paul’s letter hints that Onesimus ran away from Philemon. Paul helped Onesimus become a Christian. His letter asked Philemon to forgive Onesimus and welcome him back. Paul wrote that he was willing to pay for anything Onesimus owed his master: “Charge that to my account. I will repay it.”
Did Philemon forgive Onesimus for running away? The Bible doesn’t say. But Paul was confident that Philemon would obey God and treat Onesimus kindly.
—based on Philemon 1-22
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