And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
All Commentaries on Philemon 1:2 Go To Philemon 1
John Chrysostom
AD 407
Here Paul has not omitted even the slaves. For he knew that often even the words of slaves have power to turn around their master. This is especially true when his request was in behalf of a slave.