Philemon 1:14

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But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of compulsion but of your own free will.

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  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Each person should give as they have decided in their heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right, 9 I appeal instead, on the basis of love. Being such as I am—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
  • 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly. 3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. In the uprightness of my heart, I have freely offered all these things; and now I have seen your people, who are present here, joyfully and willingly give to you.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day of your power; in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, your youth are like the dew.
  • 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly.

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    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

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    17Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

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