Philemon 1:14

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test hearts, and that you love simplicity. Therefore, in the simplicity of my heart, I also have offered all these things joyfully. And I have seen, with immense gladness, your people, who have been found here, offering their donations to you.

Psalm 110:3

Confession and magnificence are his work. And his justice remains from age to age.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?

2 Corinthians 1:24

not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:5

Therefore, I considered it necessary to ask the brothers to go to you in advance and to prepare this blessing as promised, and in this way, you may be ready as a blessing, not as an excess.

2 Corinthians 9:7

each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.