Philemon 1:11
Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable both to thee and to me,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
In Context
10I beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes,
12Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels,
Cross References
Job 30:1Bvt now they that are yonger then I, mocke me: yea, they whose fathers I haue refused to set with the dogges of my flockes.
Luke 15:24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found. And they began to be merie.
Luke 17:10So likewise yee, when yee haue done all those things, which are commanded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruants: wee haue done that which was our duetie to doe.
2 Timothy 4:11Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable vnto me to minister.
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 →