Verse 16

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

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:22 : 22 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 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.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 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.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." 33 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?'" 34 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin. 35 A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever. 36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.