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10 I am appealing to you on behalf of my child Onesimus.[a] I became his father while I was in chains. 11 There was a time when he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. 12 I have sent him (who is my very heart) back to you. Welcome him.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful. See the play on words in verse 11.
  2. Philemon 1:12 Some witnesses to the text omit Welcome him.