Cross references

Philemon 1:14

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 BSB

Philemon 1:14 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Corinthians 9:7 (8 votes) and 1 Chronicles 29:17 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 50 to 1 Peter 5.

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Which verses does Philemon 1:14 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

  2. I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

  3. Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

  4. If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

  5. For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  6. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

  7. So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper, I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

  8. Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

  9. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

  10. Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

Which verses point to Philemon 1:14?

The 10 strongest of 12.