I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you.
Philemon 1:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But it has been my wish to do nothing about it without first consulting you and getting your consent, in order that your benevolence might not seem to be the result of compulsion or of pressure but might be voluntary [on your part]. American Standard Version (1901) but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will. Common English Bible However, I didn’t want to do anything without your consent so that your act of kindness would occur willingly and not under pressure. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary. |
I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a commission.
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?
I do not mean that we lord it over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in your faith.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart #– #not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.