11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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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.