Philemon 1:14
But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
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- 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate, 9 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
- 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have 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 your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
- Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?
- 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
- 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
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13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Gospel.
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15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,
16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Gospel, I may present the Gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Gospel.
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17 Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
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20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
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7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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15 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
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9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
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11 But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
13 For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
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13 Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
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9 For 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,
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1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
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8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
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3 For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
5 This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
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15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
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9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
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13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
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1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
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6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
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7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
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19 Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
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31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
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13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;
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25 of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
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24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
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24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
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19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
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10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.
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16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.