Bible Verses about “freedom in christ”
The Bible contains 38 verses about freedom in christ across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
“‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›”
“¶ All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“¶ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
“¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
“¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
“¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;”
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:”
“That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
“‹If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.›”
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.”
“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.”
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
“This persuasion [cometh] not of him that calleth you.”
“Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.”
“For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.”
“Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”
“For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”
“I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.”
“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.”
“I would they were even cut off which trouble you.”