Philemon 1:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right, 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
  • 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; 3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
  • 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Phlm 1:15-16
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    15 For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 9:17-18
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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

    18 What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

  • Phil 2:20
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    20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

    10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • Phil 2:30
    72%

    30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • 2 Cor 8:11-13
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    11 Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

    12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • Rom 1:13
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    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • Phlm 1:21
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    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • Rom 1:9-10
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    9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

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    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

  • 2 Cor 8:3-5
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    3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

    4 Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

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    18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

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    10 But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

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    15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

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    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • Phil 1:12
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    12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

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    13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

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    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

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    6 But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

  • Rom 15:31-32
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    70%

    31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

    32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

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    13 I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

  • Col 1:25
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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

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    24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

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    24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

  • Phil 1:7
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    7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19 For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Rom 15:15
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    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

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    10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

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    16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;