Philemon 1:14
but I chose to do nothing without thy consent, that thy benefit may be not as from necessity, but willingly.
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Summary
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Bible References
Thy benefit
1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever serveth as a soldier at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard without eating its fruit? Or who tendeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, not according to what he hath not.
2 Corinthians 9:5
I thought it necessary therefore to exhort the brethren to go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty, which was already announced, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of covetousness.
1 Peter 5:2
tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;