Philemon 11
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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful[a] to[b] you and to me.
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2 Timothy 4:11
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11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in ministry.(A)
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Job 30:1-2
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30 “But now they make sport of me,
those who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.(A)
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands?
All their vigor is gone.
1 Peter 2:10
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10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.(A)
Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”(A)
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Romans 3:12
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12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
there is no one who shows kindness;
there is not even one.”
Luke 17:10
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10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’ ”
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Matthew 25:30
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30 As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)
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Luke 15:24
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24 for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.(A)
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