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Philemon 11-13
Amplified Bible
Philemon 11-13
Amplified Bible
11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is indeed [a]useful to you as well as to me. 12 I have sent him back to you in person, that is, like sending my very heart. 13 I would have chosen to keep him with me, so that he might minister to me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
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- Philemon 1:11 Paul makes a play on words here because Onesimus means “useful” or “profitable.”
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