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Philemon 1:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Philemon 1:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · Philemon 1:1420 words
GreekMeaning
χωρὶςchōris
Apart fromprepositionG5565
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
σῆςsēs
youradjectiveG4674
γνώμηςgnōmēs
consentnounG1106
οὐδὲνouden
no thingadjectiveG3762
ἠθέλησαēthelēsa
I wishedverbG2309
ποιῆσαιpoiēsai
to doverbG4160
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
ἀνάγκηνanankēn
necessitynounG318
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἀγαθόνagathon
goodadjectiveG18
σουsou
of youpronounG4771
ē
may beverbG1510
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
ἑκούσιονhekousion
willingnessadjectiveG1595
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Philemon 1:14

“But without your mind,” he says, “would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be, as it were, of necessity, but willingly.” This particularly flatters the person asked, when the thing being profitable in itself, it is brought out with his concurrence. For two good effects are produced thence, the one person gains, and the other is rendered more secure. And he has not said, That it should not be of necessity, but “as it were of necessity.” For I knew, he says, that not…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 2 on Philemon
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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