Philemon 11–13
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11which in time past was to thee vunprofitable, but now wprofitable to thee and to me: 12whom I have xsent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, ymine own bowels: 13whom I would have zretained with me, that ain thy stead he might have ministered unto me in bthe bonds of the gospel:
Footnotes
- vSee Luke 17:10.
- w2 Tim. 2:21 (Gk.). & 4:11.
- xSee Luke 23:7.
- ySee Gen. 15:4.
- zSee 2 Thess. 2:6.
- aSee 1 Cor. 16:17.
- bComp. Phil. 1:13.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart. I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Onesimus hasn’t been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us. I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.
I wanted to keep him here with me while I am in these chains for preaching the Good News, and he would have helped me on your behalf.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful to you and to me, whom I have sent back to you himself, that is, my heart, whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.
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