τόν ποτέ σοι ἄχρηστον νυνὶ ⸀δὲ σοὶ καὶ ἐμοὶ εὔχρηστον,

ton pote soi akhreston nuni rde soi kai emoi eukhreston,

qui tibi aliquando inutilis fuit nunc autem et tibi et mihi utilis

Which in time past was to you unprofitable, but now profitable to you and to me:

Who in time past was to you unprofitable, but now profitable to you and to me:

Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

In time past he was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me.

who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

He who was not useful to you at times, but now also is very useful to you and to me,

once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,

who was aforetime unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful to both of us.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me.

who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

Onesimus hasn't been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us.

Who in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

Formerly he was useless to you, but now--true to his name--he is of great use to you and to me.

who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

Before he trusted Jesus, Onesimus did not really help you. But now he can help both you and me.

who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

At one time he was of no use to you. But now he is of use to you and to me.

(who in the past was unprofitable to you, but is now profitable to both you and me)

Before, he was useless to you; but now he is useful to both you and me.

Onesimus (whose name means “Useful”) hasn’t been of much use to you in the past, but now he is going to be of real use to both of us.

He was formerly useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me.

who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

who in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now is profitable to thee and to me,

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me.

In the past he was useless to you, but now he has become useful for both you and me.

While here in jail, I’ve fathered a child, so to speak. And here he is, hand-carrying this letter—Onesimus! He was useless to you before; now he’s useful to both of us. I’m sending him back to you, but it feels like I’m cutting off my right arm in doing so. I wanted in the worst way to keep him here as your stand-in to help out while I’m in jail for the Message. But I didn’t want to do anything behind your back, make you do a good deed that you hadn’t willingly agreed to.

There was a time when he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

· Formerly he was of no use to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me.

who in time past was unprofitable to you, but is now able to profit both you and also me,

At one time he was of no use to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

which sometime was unprofitable to thee [which sometime was to thee unprofitable], but now profitable, both to thee and to me;

There was a time when he was useless to you; but now he’s very useful, to you and to me.

Before this, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

And although I could rely on my authority in Christ and dare to order you to do what I consider right, I am not doing that. No, I am appealing to that love of yours, a simple personal appeal from Paul the old man, in prison for Jesus Christ’s sake. I am appealing for my child. Yes I have become a father though I have been under lock and key, and the child’s name is—Onesimus! Oh, I know you have found him pretty useless in the past but he is going to be useful now, to both of us.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me.

He was useless to you before, but now he is useful to both of us.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you as well as to me.

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

who was once useless to you but is now useful to [both] you and me.

who previously was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

In the past he was ·useless [unprofitable; worthless] to you, but now he has become ·useful [helpful; valuable] for both you and me [C a play on words, since Onesimus means “useful” or “helpful”].

He once was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and me.

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

Before that, he was useless to you. But now he has become useful to you and to me.

Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

His name means “useful,” and although he was once useless to you, he has now become most useful — not only to you but also to me;

At one time he was no help to you. But now he is a big help to you and to me.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me.

The one once "Useless" to you, but, now, both to you and to me "Useful" (Onesimus).

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful to both of us.

who in the past was unprofitable to you, but now he is profitable to you and to me.

In the past he was useless to you. But now he has become useful for both you and me.

In the past he was useless to you. But now he has become useful for both you and me.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful to you and to me,

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

the one formerly useless to you but now useful both to you and to me,