Philemon 1:11
once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
Darby 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 exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,
12whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:
Cross References
Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Luke 15:24for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
Luke 17:10Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.
2 Timothy 4:11Luke alone is with me. Take Mark, and bring [him] with thyself, for he is serviceable 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 →