Philemon 1:11

Once he [was] useless to you, but now [he is] 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

Job 30:1
"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats.
Matthew 25:30
And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness--in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'
Luke 17:10
Thus you also, when you have done all the {things you were ordered to do}, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.'"
Romans 3:12
All have turned aside together; they have become worthless; [There] is no one who practices kindness; [there] is not even one.
1 Peter 2:10
who once [were] not a people, but now [are] the people of God, the ones [who were] not shown mercy, but now are shown mercy.

Profitable

Luke 15:24
because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.
2 Timothy 4:11
Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark [and] bring [him] with you, because he is useful to me for ministry.

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Luke 17:10
Thus you also, when you have done all the {things you were ordered to do}, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.'"