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Philemon 1
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philemon.1.phlmUseful
ἄχρηστον ... εὔχρηστον
TRANSLATIONINTERPRETATIONmoderate confidence
How should the wordplay on Onesimus’s name be heard?
Onēsimos means useful or beneficial. Paul contrasts achrēstos, useless, with euchrēstos, useful, turning the man’s name into a claim about transformed relationship.
Why this default
Useful/useless leads because it lets English readers hear the contrast while the name Onesimus remains visible nearby; the alternatives explain benefit or make the name pun explicit.
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Project defaultformerly useless to you, but now useful both to you and to me
Project default · wordplay transparent
Alternativeonce of no benefit to you, but now truly beneficial to you and to me
Responsible alternative · name-pun force
Alternativeformerly un-Onesimus to you, but now Onesimus—useful to you and me
Name wordplay made explicit
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