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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 1:11Greek Interlinear

Greek · Philemon 1:1110 words
GreekMeaning
τόνton
thearticleG3588
ποτέpote
onceparticleG4218
σοιsoi
to youpronounG4771
ἄχρηστονachrēston
uselessadjectiveG890
νυνὶnyni
nowadverbG3570
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
σοὶsoi
to youpronounG4771
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐμοὶemoi
to me myselfpronounG1473
εὔχρηστονeuchrēston
usefuladjectiveG2173
Greek 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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 2 on Philemon
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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