Philemon 1:11

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both 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:

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”