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10 (A) I beg you to help Onesimus![a] He is like a son to me because I led him to Christ here in jail. 11 Before this, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

12 Sending Onesimus back to you makes me very sad.

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  1. 10 Onesimus: In Greek this name means “useful.”

10 that I appeal to you for my son(A) Onesimus,[a](B) who became my son while I was in chains.(C) 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

12 I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you.

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  1. Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful.