# the faithful and beloved brother Paul calls Onesimus a fellow Christian and servant of Christ. He was a slave of Philemon in Colossae and had stolen money from Philemon and run away to Rome where he became a Christian through the ministry of Paul. Now Tychicus and Onesimus are the ones bringing Paul's letter to Colossae along with a letter from Paul to Philemon asking him to send Onesimus back to Paul. # They will make known "Tychicus and Onesimus will make known" # everything that has happened here Tradition says Paul was in Rome under house arrest or in prison at this time.