King James Version with Apocrypha
"Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:"
— Philemon 1:11, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:”
“who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me: ”
“who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.”
“who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.”
“Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:”
“Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:”
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.