However, ¹  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

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

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.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favour you do will be spontaneous and not forced.

but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.

bibleoremus Phm 1:14

but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.

but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your kindness might be a matter not of compulsion, but of your own free will.

biblegateway Phm 1:14

But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

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

biblegateway Phm 1:14

However, ¹  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

¹ tn Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the contrastive nature of Paul’s statement.