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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful[a] both to you and to me. 12 I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. 13 I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel;

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:11 The name Onesimus means useful or (compare verse 20) beneficial

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