'All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord.

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts.

With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.

They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.' "Tychicus relates his story, and, when he has finished, Philemon, a member of the Church, addresses the meeting.

He was evidently a man of distinction in that community, as we infer from the large number of persons in his household, (ver.