10 Bible Verses about Liberty
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But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and freed us from our sins by his blood;
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.
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free?'" Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.read more.
A bondservant does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
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Liberty » General references to civil
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.
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
Liberty » Figurative
to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
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.
where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
Liberty » Limitations of
"All things are lawful," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
"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.
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Liberty » The abuse of, warnings against
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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;
Liberty » Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
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.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
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: but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. Therefore thus says the LORD: "You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Liberty » Political
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The Spirit of the LORD is on me; because he has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and an opening of the eyes to those who are bound;
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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;
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The Spirit of the LORD is on me; because he has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and an opening of the eyes to those who are bound;
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death.
Topics on Liberty
Christian Liberty
Galatians 5:1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Christian Liberty Is Freedom From
Romans 7:6But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
Civil Liberty
Leviticus 25:10You 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.