Liberty

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;

You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.

that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: — read the full passage →

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up. — read the full passage →

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

They answered him, “We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, — read the full passage →

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. — read the full passage →

But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, — read the full passage →

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” — read the full passage →

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. — read the full passage →

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.