11 Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
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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.