Philemon 1:11

who, for some time, has been unprofitable to you, but now is very profitable to you and to me:

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

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Unprofitable

Matthew 25:30
And cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness without. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 17:10
So also you, when you shall have done all things that you arc commanded to do, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done what was our duty to do.
Romans 3:12
they have all turned out of the way; they have alike become unprofitable; there is none that does good, not even one;
1 Peter 2:10
who formerly were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.

Profitable

Luke 15:24
for this my son was dead, and is alive again: he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for the ministry.

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Luke 17:10
So also you, when you shall have done all things that you arc commanded to do, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done what was our duty to do.