Philemon 1:14 meaning and explanation
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
Philemon 1:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes from prison to Philemon, a slave owner whose runaway slave Onesimus had met Paul and become a believer. Paul would have liked to keep Onesimus with him to serve him in chains for the gospel, but he refuses to act without Philemon's consent.
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