{Onesimus} (On(8873)imon). A common name among slaves and made
like Chresimus, Chrestus. The word is from on(8873)is (profit) and
that from onin(886d)i, to profit, to help. {Who was aforetime
unprofitable to thee} (	on pote soi achr(8873)ton). "The once to
thee useless one." Play (pun) on the meaning of the name Onesimus
(on(8873)imos, useful) as once "useless" (achr(8873)tos, verbal
adjective, a privative and chraomai, to use). {But now is
profitable to thee and to me} (
uni de soi kai emoi
euchr(8873)ton). "But now to thee and to me useful." Still further
play on the name Onesimus by euchr(8873)ton (verbal adjective from
eu and chraomai, to use). Ethical dative here (soi, emoi).