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Philemon 1:11
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Philemon 1:11
11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
11Which in time past was to thee vnprofitable: but now profitable to thee and to me:
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DEFINED WORDS
Philemon 1:11
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Gone by, ended, or beyond a stated place, time, or limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
unprofitable
Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
profitable
Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
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Open the full verse study1BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
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Open the full verse study10Which 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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Open the full verse study32It 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.
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Open the full verse study10So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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Open the full verse study30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Open the full verse study12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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Open the full verse study24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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