14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
12 I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you.
13 I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.
14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
15 Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good--
16 no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.
1:14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
1:14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
1:14But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.
1:14but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
1:14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
1:14But without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
1:14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
1:14and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,
1:14But without your mind would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.