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Philemon 1:14

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

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χωρὶςchōriswithoutχωρίςpreposition — “without”G5565apart from, separately from; without.This verse uses “without”.withoutδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σῆςsēsyourσός (sós)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “your”, the of-formG4674Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyγνώμηςgnōmēsmindγνώμη (gnōmē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “mind”, the of-formG1106opinion, counsel, judgment, intention, decree.mindοὐδὲνoudennothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingἠθέλησαēthelēsato willθέλω (thelō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to will”, a single actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asκατὰkatait were ofκατάpreposition — “it were of”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.it were ofἀνάγκηνanankēnnecessityἀνάγκη (anankē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “necessity”, the object formG318necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.This verse uses “necessity”.necessityτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθόνagathongood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good-doer”, the subject formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.σουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ᾖēto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butκατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.ἑκούσιονhekousionwillinglyἑκούσιος (hekousios)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “willingly”, the object formG1595willing, with right good will, voluntary, spontaneous.willingly

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

World English Bible

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

Darby Translation

but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

Douay-Rheims

But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

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