Philemon 1:11

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(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

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Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

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

It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.' "

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."

So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants;[5] we have only done what was our duty.' "

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus,[2] whose father I became in my imprisonment.

I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.