KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Philemon 1:13–14
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Philemon 1:13
13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
13Whome I would haue reteined with mee, that in thy stead hee might haue ministred vnto me in the bonds of the Gospel.
Philemon 1:14
14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
14But without thy minde would I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not bee as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
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DEFINED WORDS
Philemon 1:13
Held; kept in possession; kept as an associate; kept in pay; kept from escape.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Place or position; in the stead of means in the place of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
ministered
Served; afforded; supplied.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Binding ties or obligations; also conditions of servitude, restraint, or captivity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Philemon 1:14
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The thought, disposition, intention, or will expressed in the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
No thing; not anything; of no value or effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A good received, an advantage, or an act of kindness; as a verb, to do good to or help.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be otherwise.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Freely and by one's own choice; without reluctance; cheerfully.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study1FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
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Open the full verse study7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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Open the full verse study17I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
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Open the full verse study1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
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Open the full verse study30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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Open the full verse study1PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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Open the full verse study17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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Open the full verse study2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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Open the full verse study17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
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Open the full verse study12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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Open the full verse study5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
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Open the full verse study8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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Open the full verse study3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
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Open the full verse study7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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