Philemon 1:11
who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
In Context
10I entreat thee concerning my child — whom I did beget in my bonds — Onesimus,
12whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,
Cross References
Job 30:1And 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 my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
Luke 17:10'So also ye, when ye 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 4:11Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;
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 →