Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Philemon 14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 14 But I do not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed may be done, not under compulsion, but of your own free will.+

Philemon 14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 14 But I do not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed may be done, not under compulsion, but of your own free will.+

Philemon 14

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 14 χωρὶς apart from δὲ but τῆς of the σῆς your γνώμης opinion οὐδὲν nothing ἠθέλησα I willed ποιῆσαι, to do, ἵνα in order that μὴ not ὡς as κατὰ according to ἀνάγκην necessity τὸ the ἀγαθόν good (thing) σου of you ᾖ may be ἀλλὰ but κατὰ according to ἑκούσιον. what is voluntary.

Philemon 14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 14 But without your consent I do not want to do anything, so that your good act may be, not as under compulsion,* but of your own free will.*+

Philemon 14

The Bible in Living English
- 14 but I was not willing to do anything without word from you, in order that your goodness might not be in a sense compulsory but in a voluntary way.

Philemon 14

American Standard Version
- 14 but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

Philemon 14

King James Version
- 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.