Philemon 1:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.”
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“But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Philemon 1:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- 1 Corinthians 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- Philemon 1:8So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
- 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
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