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10 I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I fathered in my imprisonment, Onesimus, 11 the one formerly useless[a] to you but now useful both to you and to me, 12 whom I sent-back to you (him! That is, my own deep-feelings[b]!),

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:11 This is a play on words. The name Onesimus means ‘useful’.
  2. Philemon 1:12 Onesimus represents Paul’s own deep feelings (or, heart) sent back to Philemon to be ‘refreshed’ (v 20).

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