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Philemon 9-11
English Standard Version
Philemon 9-11
English Standard Version
9 yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now (A)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for (B)my child, (C)Onesimus,[a] (D)whose father I became in my imprisonment. 11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
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- Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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