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Philemon 14

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

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Philemon 14 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 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.

Philemon 14 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

Philemon 14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Philemon 14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 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.

Philemon 14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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

Philemon 14 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 But I did not want to do anything without asking you first so that any good you do for me will be because you want to do it, not because I forced you.

Philemon 14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Philemon 14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

Philemon 14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 Yet, I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I want you to do this favor for me out of your own free will without feeling forced to do it. 

Philemon 14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 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.

Philemon 14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Philemon 14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 But 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.

Philemon 14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 But I didn’t want to do anything unless you agreed. Any favor you do must be done because you want to do it, not because you have to.


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