Philemon 1:11

Once you found him useless, but now he has become useful to you and to me,

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Summary

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

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Bible References

Unprofitable

Matthew 25:30
And put the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness outside, to weep and grind his teeth there.'
Luke 17:10
So you also, when you do all you have been ordered to do, must say, 'We are good-for-nothing slaves! We have done only what we ought to have done!' "
Romans 3:12
All have turned away, they are one and all worthless, No one does right, not a single one!
1 Peter 2:10
you who were once "no people" but are now "God's people"; once "unpitied" but now "pitied indeed."

Profitable

Luke 15:24
for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.
2 Timothy 4:11
No one but Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great assistance to me,

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Luke 17:10
So you also, when you do all you have been ordered to do, must say, 'We are good-for-nothing slaves! We have done only what we ought to have done!' "