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10 I appeal to you for my child, Ones′imus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. 11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful[a] to you and to me.) 12 I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

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  1. Philemon 1:11 The name Onesimus means useful or (compare verse 20) beneficial

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