Philemon 1:11

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Philemon 1:11

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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KJV

King James Version

Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

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WEB

World English Bible

who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

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ASV

American Standard Version

who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

the [one] once useless to you, but now useful both to you and to me,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Philemon 1

⁹ I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

¹⁰ I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

¹¹ Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

¹² I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

¹³ I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

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