Philemon 1:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
In context
12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
13 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
15 For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
16 no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
Philemon 1:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
- KJV King James Version
- But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
- WEB World English Bible
- But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
- ASV American Standard Version
- but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,
- DBY Darby Translation
- but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
- WBS Webster Bible
- But without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.