4:9a

Onesimus: This is probably the same Onesimus that Paul wrote about in his letter to Philemon. Onesimus had been a slave of Philemon before he ran away to Rome where he met Paul and became a Christian.

4:9b

our faithful…brother: See the note on this in 1:2a.

beloved brother: See the note on 4:7b.

who is one of you: This probably means that Onesimus was also from Colossae, so it can be translated “your fellow townsman, one of your own people.”

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