Philemon 10-12

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¹⁰appeal to you for my son,^(A) Onesimus.^[a]^(B) I became his father^(C) while I was in chains. ¹¹Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. ¹²I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart.^[b]^[c]

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Footnotes

10 In Gk, Onesimus means “useful”
12 Other mss read him back. Receive him, my own heart.
12 Lit you—that is, my own heart

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