Paul and Onesimus Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Paul and Onesimus crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Philemon 1:1–25), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Paul and Onesimus Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Paul, "a prisoner of Jesus Christ," wrote a letter to Philemon, a dearly beloved fellowlabourer with a church in his house. He besought him for "my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds," who "in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me." Paul sent Onesimus again and asked Philemon to receive him "Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved," and said, "If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account... I will repay it." Read the whole story in Philemon 1:1–25 (KJV).

Memory verse: "Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?" (Philemon 1:16, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• Paul wrote unto ___, our dearly beloved. (Philemon 1:1)
• Paul wrote with ___ our brother. (Philemon 1:1)
• "To the ___ in thy house." (Philemon 1:2)
• "Paul the aged, and now also a ___ of Jesus Christ." (Philemon 1:9)
• "I beseech thee for my son ___." (Philemon 1:10)
• "Whom I have sent again: thou therefore ___ him." (Philemon 1:12)
• "Not now as a ___, but above a servant." (Philemon 1:16)
• "I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will ___ it." (Philemon 1:19)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.