Philemon 1:14

Tree of Life Version

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness wouldn’t be by force but by free will.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let each one give as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion—for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. With integrity of heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here willingly contribute to You.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on to you and arrange ahead of time your generous gift that had been promised beforehand, so that it would be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over you in matters of faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy—for in the faith you are standing firm.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have been entrusted with a commission.

Psalm 110:3

Your people will be a freewill offering in a day of your power. In holy splendors, from dawn’s womb, yours is the dew of your youth.

1 Corinthians 9:7

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink its milk?