For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a commission.
Philemon 1:14 - English Majority Text Version But I wished to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good might not be by necessity, but by being voluntary. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a commission.
Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Not that we lord it over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.
For if there is first a readiness, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brothers, that they should go before me to you, and should arrange in advance your generous gift, which you had previously promised, that this would be ready, thus as a blessing and not as grudgingly given.
Let each one give just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.