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Philemon 9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Philemon 9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
9 yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.[a] 10 I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful[b] both to you and to me.
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- Philemon 1:9 Or as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, and now also his prisoner
- Philemon 1:11 The name Onesimus means useful or (compare verse 20) beneficial
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