Christ Has Set Us Free

For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.

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17 Now the Lord[a] is the Spirit, and where (A)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)freedom.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Or this Lord

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another.

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16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (B)living as servants[a] of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

14 For (A)sin (B)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

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32 and you will (A)know the truth, and the truth (B)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (C)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin. 35 (E)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (F)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35

For the law of (A)the Spirit of life (B)has set you[a] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me

But now that you have come to know God, or rather (A)to be known by God, (B)how can you turn back again to (C)the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

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(A)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (B)slipped in to spy out (C)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (D)so that they might bring us into slavery—

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23 (A)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (B)he who promised is faithful.

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31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but (A)of the free woman.

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(A)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (B)I will come (C)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

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20 But you, beloved, (A)building yourselves up in your most holy faith and (B)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 (C)keep yourselves in the love of God, (D)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

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19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is (A)a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is (B)a bondservant of Christ.

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But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (A)new way of (B)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter

10 Now, therefore, why (A)are you putting God to the test (B)by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples (C)that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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18 and, (A)having been set free from sin, (B)have become slaves of righteousness.

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28 (A)Come to (B)me, all who labor and are (C)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and (D)learn from me, for I am (E)gentle and lowly in heart, and (F)you will find rest for your souls. 30 For (G)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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By this the Holy Spirit indicates that (A)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age).[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered (B)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with (C)food and drink and (D)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest (E)of the good things that have come,[b] then through (F)the greater and more perfect tent ((G)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:9 Or which is symbolic for the age then present
  2. Hebrews 9:11 Some manuscripts good things to come

35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has (A)a great reward. 36 For (B)you have need of endurance, so that (C)when you have done the will of God you may (D)receive what is promised. 37 For,

(E)“Yet a little while,
    and (F)the coming one will come and will not delay;
38 (G)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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25 Only hold fast (A)what you have until I come.

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