Philemon 1:14

NETBible

However, 1  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

NIV ©

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favour you do will be spontaneous and not forced.

NASB ©

but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

NLT ©

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. And I didn’t want you to help because you were forced to do it but because you wanted to.

MSG ©

But I didn't want to do anything behind your back, make you do a good deed that you hadn't willingly agreed to.

BBE ©

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

NRSV ©

but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.

NKJV ©

But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

KJV
But
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without
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thy
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mind
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would
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I do
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nothing
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that
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thy
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benefit
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should
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not
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be
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as
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it were of
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necessity
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willingly
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NASB ©
but without
<5565>
your consent
<1106>
I did not want
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to do
<4160>
anything
<3762>
, so
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that your goodness
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would not be, in effect
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, by compulsion
<318>
but of your own free
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will
<1595>
.
NET [draft] ITL
However
<1161>
, without
<5565>
your
<4674>
consent
<1106>
I did
<2309>
not
<3762>
want
<2309>
to do
<4160>
anything, so that
<2443>
your
<4675>
good deed
<18>
would not
<3361>
be out of compulsion
<318>
, but
<235>
from your own willingness
<1595>
.
GREEK
cwriv de thv shv gnwmhv ouden hyelhsa mh wv kata anagkhn to agayon sou h kata ekousion
NETBible

However, 1  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

NET Notes

1 tn Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the contrastive nature of Paul’s statement.