Matthew Poole and continuators on Philemon 1:14

14 But without thy mind I would do nothing , that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity but willingly k.

But he was thy servant, and I would not do it without thy knowledge, and consent, that it might not be thought that thou hadst done me a kindness necessarily, but that thou mightest do it freely, which seems to argue that St. Paul expected, that he being reconciled to Onesimus should send him back to Paul: unless he means the benefit done to Onesimus, in not revenging the wrong he had done him should not be of Necessity because he was out of his reach, but freely having him first in his power:

Marginal references: 2 Cor. 9.7.