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Philemon 1:14

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

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Philemon 1:14 in other translations

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

Philemon 1:14 · World English Bible

Philemon 1:14 in context

  1. 12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:
  2. 13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
  3. 14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
  4. 15For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
  5. 16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.