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.
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an
So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you h
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 st
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs
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 d