11 who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.
But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive `again'; and `was' lost, and is found.
They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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Commentary on Philemon 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 1
In this epistle we have,
Phm 1:1-7
Phm 1:8-25
We have here,
Amen is added, not only for strong and affectionate summing up the prayer and wish, so let it be; but as an expression of faith that it will be heard, so shall it be. And what need we more to make us happy than to have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with our spirit? This is the usual benediction, but it may be taken here to have some special respect also to the occasion; the grace of Christ with their spirits, Philemon's especially, would sweeten and mollify them, take off too deep and keen resentments of injuries, and dispose to forgive others as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us.