Verse 14

and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,
• Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit -- 9 because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;
• 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, 3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
• 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people `are' free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
• 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
• 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 Necessary, therefore, I thought `it' to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.