Philemon 1:14

14 But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.

Philemon 1:14 In-Context

12 whom I have sent back to you himself, that is, my heart,
13 whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.
14 But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.
15 For perhaps because of this, he was separated [from you] for a time, in order that you might have him back forever,
16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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