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Philemon 14

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14But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good deed might be not as according to necessity, but according to your own free will.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

NLTNew Living Translation

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.

KJV 1900King James Version

but without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.