A name from Scripture
Onesimus
oh-NES-ih-mus
Meaning
Useful; Profitable; Beneficial
Greek origin · Boy · First in Colossians
What it points to
Onesimus embodies gospel transformation — once 'useless,' now 'useful.' In Christ, every person becomes who their name declares.
Verses · King James Version
“I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me.”
Philemon 1:10-11
“Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved.”
Philemon 1:16