Philemon 1:14
but I do not wish to do anything without your consent, so that your kindness might be voluntary, and not have the appearance of compulsion.
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But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Thy benefit
Bible References
Thy benefit
1 Corinthians 9:7
What soldier ever pays his expenses out of his own pay? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of the grapes? Who tends a flock and does not get any of the milk?
2 Corinthians 8:12
If a man is willing to give, the value of his gift is in its proportion to what he has, not to what he has not.
2 Corinthians 9:5
So I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on to you ahead of me, to arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so as to have it ready, like an expression of your good will, not of your avarice.