Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: Which in time past was to thee 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 is so in no station. Profitable in spiritual as well as in temporal things (1 Timothy 4:8).
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Philemon 1:11
11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: