Philemon 1:14 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

¹⁴ But without thy judgment I would do nothing; that good might not be as according to necessity, but according to free will.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

Philemon 1:14 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 29:17

And I knew, my God, that thou triest the heart, and from uprightness thou wilt delight. I in the uprightness of my heart gave willingly all these: and now thy people were found here; I saw with gladness to show themselves willing to thee.

Psalm 110:3

Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if of free will I do this, I have reward: and if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we are masters of your faith, but we are aiders of your joy: for ye have stood in the faith.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if a forwardness lie before, according as any has, it is acceptable, not as he has not.

2 Corinthians 9:5

Therefore I thought necessary to beseech the brethren that they go before to you, and prepare beforehand your praise, having been proclaimed beforehand, this same to be prepared, so as praise, and not as covetousness.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.