Being Free

From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — read the full passage →

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.

`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared, — read the full passage →

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am <FI>he<Fi> , ye shall die in your sins.'

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk; — read the full passage →

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name: — read the full passage →

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, — read the full passage →

because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;' — read the full passage →

wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law; — read the full passage →

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me; — read the full passage →

ye--ye have known; --the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached; — read the full passage →

and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded--him having had the legion--and they were afraid;

`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh; — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, — read the full passage →

he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law; — read the full passage →

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing. — read the full passage →

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly--having triumphed over them in it.

And you--being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh--He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses, — read the full passage →

and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why <FI>is it<Fi> that my liberty is judged by another's conscience? — read the full passage →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,' — read the full passage →

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing, — read the full passage →

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us? — read the full passage →

for to vanity was the creation made subject--not of its will, but because of Him who did subject <FI>it<Fi> --in hope, — read the full passage →

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace; — read the full passage →

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? — read the full passage →

How comely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion, `Reigned hath thy God.'

I made earth, and man on it prepared, I--My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. — read the full passage →

And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit--to sanctification, and the end life age-during;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

And Peter having come to himself, said, `Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;' — read the full passage →

and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison, — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, — read the full passage →

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace; — read the full passage →

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil; — read the full passage →

and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written: — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; — read the full passage →

and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea--and they were about two thousand--and they were choked in the sea.

and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach, — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.

And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule <FI>is<Fi> from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. — read the full passage →

The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed--without judgment. — read the full passage →

`My lord, O king, these men have done evil <FI>in<Fi> all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.' — read the full passage →

`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you, — read the full passage →

Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during <FI>is<Fi> for them. — read the full passage →

Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth! — read the full passage →

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem--the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean. — read the full passage →

And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where <FI>is<Fi> the fury of the oppressor? — read the full passage →

And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed. — read the full passage →

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back. — read the full passage →

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright--he prepareth his way. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. — read the full passage →

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant, — read the full passage →

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death. — read the full passage →

`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established. — read the full passage →

`And if his offering <FI>is<Fi> a sacrifice of peace-offerings, if out of the herd he is bringing near, whether male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near before Jehovah, — read the full passage →

He saith also, `I <FI>am<Fi> the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God. — read the full passage →