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# But I did not want to do anything without your consent
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Paul states a double negative to mean the opposite. Alternate translation: "But I wanted to make sure that you approved of everything I did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# I did not want your good deed to be from necessity but from good will
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"I did not want you to do this good deed because I commanded you to do it, but because you wanted to do it"
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# but from good will
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"but because you freely chose to do the right thing"
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