Onesimus (Ονησιμον). A common name among slaves and made like Chresimus, Chrestus. The word is from ονησις (profit) and that from …

Which in time past was to you unprofitable: either because he was indolent; because he had wronged him ; or because he had run away from h…

In time past . . . unprofitable, but now profitable.—The name Onesimus means “useful,” or “profitable,” though d…

Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: whom I have sent again:

"He was your slave, and t…

There is a double play on words here. “Onesimus” was a common slave name; it meant "useful” or “profitable.” This is also the meaning of another Gr…

Which in time past was to you unprofitable

Yea, injurious and hurtful; one that was an eye servant, that loitered …

It does not lower anyone to condescend, and sometimes even to beseech, where, strictly speaking, we could command. The apostle argues from love, ra…

1. Having expre ed his confidence in Philemon’s goodne , Paul now states his request.

   He first indicates the person on whose behalf h…