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which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
obefudula engeluncedo lwanto kuwe, kodwa ngoku kuwe nakum unoncedo oluhle.

can a man be profitable unto god, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
umfo unokumnceda na uthixo? hayi bo! uzinceda ngokwakhe oqiqayo.

who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
ngubani na oyile uthixo, watyhida umfanekiso ongenakunceda nto?

sailing vessels no longer provide a commercially profitable means of transporting passengers or cargoes across the oceans.
oomatiloshe bezikhephe abasalungiseleli urhwebo longeniso ngemali ngokuthutha abakhweli okanye imithwalo ethuthwa sisithuthi esinqumla kunxweme lolwandle.

only luke is with me. take mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
nguluka yedwa onam. thabatha umarko uze naye; kuba unokundinceda kakuhle kumsebenzi wokulungiselela.

and how i kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
okokuba andinifihlelanga nto, ndanityela onke amalungelo; ndanifundisa ekuhleni nakwizindlu ngezindlu,

for bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
kuba eyeyomzimba ingqeqesho inceda kancinane; ke kona ukuhlonela uthixo kunceda ngako konke, kunedinga lobomi bakalokunje, nobobo buza kubakho.

in the majority of cases the owners assume that after the ship has been used in the oil trade for 5 or 6 years they will no longer be able to conclude a profitable charter for the ship as a tanker, and then employ it for the carriage of ore.
kumaxesha amaninzi abagcini nqanawa bacinga ukuba emva kokuba inqanawa isetyenziswe ukurhweba nge-oyile kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwemithandatha abanakuphinda bakwazi ukuqukumbela nqesho olunenzuzo lwenqanawa njengenqanawa yokuthutha ipetroyile, kwaye bayiqeshele ukuthutha i-oyile ekrwada.

and if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
ukuba ke iliso lakho lokunene liyakukhubekisa, linyothule ulilahle kuwe; kuba kukulungele kanye ukuba kutshabalale libe linye emalungwini akho, kunokuba umzimba wakho uphela uphoswe esihogweni.