16 Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
16 Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
1 Christ having made us gloriously free–stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.
1 Christ having made us gloriously free–stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.
15 Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
25 But he who looks closely into the perfect Law –the Law of freedom– and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
25 But he who looks closely into the perfect Law –the Law of freedom– and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
31 Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, »As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;
32 and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.«
31 Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, »As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;
32 and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.«
17 Now by »the Lord« is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
17 Now by »the Lord« is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
21 But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it–
22 a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;
23 for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God,
24 gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.
38 »Understand therefore, brethren, that through this Jesus forgiveness of sins is announced to you;
39 and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.«
38 »Understand therefore, brethren, that through this Jesus forgiveness of sins is announced to you;
39 and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.«
22 But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.
22 But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.
1 »I am the Vine–the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.«
2 Every branch in me–if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 Already you are cleansed–through the teaching which I have given you.
4 Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself –that is, if it does not continue in the vine– so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.
7 »If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.«
8 By this is God glorified–by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine.
13 You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
13 You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
21 And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
18 »The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
18 »The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
36 If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
36 If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
2 for the Spirit's Law – telling of Life in Christ Jesus– has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.
12 in whom we have this bold and confident access through our faith in Him.
20 For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it).
21 Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.
12 Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
2 for the Spirit's Law – telling of Life in Christ Jesus– has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.
3 For what was impossible to the Law –powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity– God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;
4 in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.