Phile 11 | TNotes | STEP | 1:11 Onesimus means “useful.” • hasn’t been of much use (literally useless ) ... very useful: This might be a play on words (cp. 1:20 ). Onesimus was now serving others and proclaiming the Good News. At last he had become what his name means.

‏ Philemon 11

1:11 ^a Onesimus means “useful.”

• hasn’t been of much use (literally useless) ... very useful: This might be a play on words (cp. 1:20 ^b). Onesimus was now serving others and proclaiming the Good News. At last he had become what his name means.