Heb 10:26; 1 Peter 5:2. Of your own free will may be rendered as “because you want to do so” or “because that is what you would like to do.” You agree (TEV) or “your consent” (RSV) represents the Greek tēs sēs gnomēs. The noun means “idea, opinion,” and here it clearly means agreement, consent, permission. Paul will not act without Philemon’s approval. The double negative in the final sentence of verse 14 involving not … unless may be restructured as an affirmative, for example, “so I will only