Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Philemon 1:11
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Philemon1:11
11. Which ... was ... unprofitable--belying his name Onesimus, which means "profitable." Not only was he "unprofitable," but positively injurious, having "wronged" his master. Paul uses a mild expression.
now profitable--Without godliness a man has no station. Profitable in spiritual, as well as in temporal things.
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