Philemon 1:11
who once was to you unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to you,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
In Context
10I beg you concerning my child—whom I begot in my bonds—Onesimus,
12whom I sent again to you—he who is my own heart,
Cross References
Job 30:1“And now, laughed at me, || Have the younger in days than I, || Whose fathers I have loathed to set || With the dogs of my flock.
Luke 15:24because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
Luke 17:10So also you, when you may have done all the things directed you, say, We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do we have done.”
2 Timothy 4:11only Lucas is with me; having taken Mark, bring [him] with you, for he is profitable to me for ministry;
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →