Verse 17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
  • John 8:32 : 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
  • Isa 61:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, 2 to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn,
  • Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.
  • John 6:63 : 63 The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
  • Ps 51:12 : 12 Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.