14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,
16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and 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 I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
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.
1:14and 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.