Philemon 10-12

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¹⁰I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. ¹¹Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful^[a] both to you and to me. ¹²I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.

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Philemon 1:11 The name Onesimus means useful or (compare verse 20) beneficial

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