Philemon 1:11
Douay-Rheims
Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Which . . . was . . . unprofitable--belying his name Onesimus, which means "profitable." Not only was he "unprofitable," but positively injurious, having "wronged" his master. Paul uses a mild expression. now profitable--Without godliness a man has no station. Profitable in spiritual, as well as in temporal things.
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1871 · Phlm 1:11
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