Philemon 1:14

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.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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

SABDAweb Phm 1:14

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

bibleoremus Phm 1:14

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

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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

biblegateway Phm 1:14

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.

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.