1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)as free, yet not (B)using liberty as a cloak for [a]vice, but as bondservants of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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Romans 6:22
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22 But now (A)having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [a]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
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- Romans 6:22 unto sanctification
1 Corinthians 7:22
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22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is (A)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is (B)Christ’s slave.
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Galatians 5:1
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Christian Liberty
5 (A)Stand[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a (B)yoke of bondage.
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- Galatians 5:1 NU For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore, and
Romans 6:18
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18 And (A)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
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James 1:25
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25 But (A)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (B)this one will be blessed in what he does.
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James 2:12
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12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by (A)the law of liberty.
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Ephesians 6:6
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6 (A)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
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2 Peter 2:19
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19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [a]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [b]bondage.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
Colossians 3:24
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24 (A)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; (B)for[a] you serve the Lord Christ.
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- Colossians 3:24 NU omits for
John 8:32-36
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32 And you shall know the (A)truth, and (B)the truth shall make you free.”
33 They answered Him, (C)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (D)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (E)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (F)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
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Matthew 23:13
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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Jude 4
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4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
1 Thessalonians 2:5
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5 For (A)neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a [a]cloak for covetousness—(B)God is witness.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 pretext for greed
John 15:22
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22 (A)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (B)but now they have no excuse for their sin.
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