Philemon 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes
“Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:”
Philemon 1:11 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Philemon 1:1110 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Philemon 1:11
See how great is his prudence, how he confesses the man's faults, and thereby extinguishes his anger. I know, he says, that he was unprofitable. “But now” he will be “profitable to you and to me.” He has not said he will be useful to you, lest he should contradict it, but he has introduced his own person, that his hopes may seem worthy of credit, “But now,” he says, “profitable to you and to me.” For if he was profitable to Paul, who required so great strictness, much more…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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