Philemon 1:14

The English Standar Version

but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power,[1] in holy garments;[2] from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.[3]

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.[2]

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.