Philemon 1:14 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

¹⁴ But I would do nothing without thy consent; that thy good deed might not be, as it were, by constraint, but willingly.

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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.

Philemon 1:14 Tagairtí Cros

1 Corinthians 9:17

If indeed I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, yet a dispensation is intrusted to me.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever warreth at his own charge? Who planteth a vineyard, and doth not eat of its fruit? Or who feedeth a flock, and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have stood.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there be first a ready mind, a man is accepted, according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

2 Corinthians 9:5

Therefore I thought it necessary, to desire the brethren to go before to you, and compleat this your bounty, which had been spoken of before, that it may be ready as a bounty, and not as a matter of covetousness.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let every man do as he chuseth in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a chearful giver.