Verse 23. There salute thee Epaphras. The same persons who are here mentioned as greeting Philemon, are mentioned in the close of the epistle to the Colossians -- furnishing a high degree of evidence that Philemon resided at Colosse. Epaphras was a member of the church there. See Barnes |Col 4:12|.
My fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus. In the cause of Christ. See Barnes |Phm 1:1|.
The circumstance of his being a prisoner is not mentioned in the parallel place in the epistle to the Colossians, but nothing is more probable.
{e} |Epaphras| Col 1:7