Philemon 1:11

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

In context

9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

13 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
KJV King James Version: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
WEB World English Bible: who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
ASV American Standard Version: who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,
DBY Darby Translation: once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
WBS Webster Bible: Who in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: