Philemon 1:14

American Standard Version (1901)

but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 [ Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting, 9 yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
  • 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:13
    83%

    13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Phlm 1:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

    18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

  • Phil 4:17
    74%

    17Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

  • Phil 2:20
    73%

    20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    73%

    15But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] .

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.

  • Phil 2:30
    72%

    30because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

  • 2 Cor 8:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11But now complete the doing also; that as [there was] the readiness to will, so [there may be] the completion also out of your ability.

    12For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.

    13For [I say] not [this] that others may be eased [and] ye distressed;

  • Rom 1:13
    72%

    13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

  • Phlm 1:21
    72%

    21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • Rom 1:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

    10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    71%

    1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

  • 2 Cor 8:8
    71%

    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
    71%

    5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, [they gave] of their own accord,

    4beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

    5and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

  • Rom 15:18
    71%

    18For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • Phil 4:10
    71%

    10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
    71%

    15And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

  • 2 Cor 2:9
    71%

    9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

  • Phil 1:12
    71%

    12Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

  • Phil 2:13
    71%

    13for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

  • 2 Cor 2:1
    70%

    1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

  • 1 Cor 7:6
    70%

    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

  • Eph 6:7
    70%

    7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

  • 2 Cor 8:19
    70%

    19and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

  • Rom 15:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

    32that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

  • 3 John 1:13
    70%

    13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

  • Col 1:25
    70%

    25whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

  • Phil 1:24
    70%

    24yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

  • Phil 1:7
    69%

    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

  • Phil 1:19
    69%

    19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Rom 15:15
    69%

    15But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

  • 2 Cor 13:10
    69%

    10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

  • Gal 2:10
    69%

    10only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    69%

    16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.