Philemon 1:14

Modern English Version

But without your consent I would do nothing, so that your goodness would not be forced, but given willingly.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart, and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people, those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will follow you in the day of your battle; on the holy mountains, at the dawn of the morning, the dew of your youth belongs to you.

1 Corinthians 9:17

So if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who goes to war at any time at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, but does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, but does not drink of the flock’s milk?

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, for by faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a willing mind first, the gift is accepted according to what a man possesses and not according to what he does not possess.

2 Corinthians 9:5

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers to go ahead to you and arrange beforehand your bountiful gift you previously promised, that it might be prepared as a gift, not as a matter of greed.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let every man give according to the purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.