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14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary.
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14 but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion, but of your own free will.
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14 but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
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14 but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
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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.
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14 But I didn’t want to do anything unless you agreed. Any favor you do must be done because you want to do it, not because you have to.
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