World English Bible
"who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me."
— Philemon 1:11, World English Bible
“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 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:”
“Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:”
Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.