Filemon 1:8

Paul’s Request for Onesimus

1:8 So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

Filemon 1:14

1:14 However, ¹  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the contrastive nature of Paul’s statement.