Philemon 1:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:”

Philemon 1:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Philemon 1:11 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Philemon 1:11 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Philemon 1:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.”

Philemon 1:11 — World English Bible

Philemon 1:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me: ”

Philemon 1:11 — American Standard Version

Philemon 1:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,”

Philemon 1:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Philemon 1:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me: ”

Philemon 1:11 — Darby Translation

Philemon 1:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable both to thee and to me,”

Philemon 1:11 — Geneva Bible

Philemon 1:11 in Context — Philemon 1

9 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.

10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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What Does Philemon 1:11 Mean?

Philemon 1:11 is a verse from the Book of Philemon, part of the New Testament. It appears in Philemon chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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