bondage
What does the Bible say about bondage? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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1Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
6For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin. 7For he who has died has been justified from sin.
7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.
8Jesus Christ, yesterday and today; Jesus Christ forever.
1I am the Lord your God. You shall not make for yourselves an idol or a graven image. Neither shall you erect a monument, or set up a conspicuous stone in your land, in order that you may adore it. For I am the Lord your God. 2Observe my Sabbaths, and be fearful toward my Sanctuary. I am the Lord. 3If you will walk in my precepts, and observe my commandments, and accomplish them, I will give to you rain in its time, 4and the ground shall bring forth its seedlings, and the trees shall be filled again with fruit. 5The threshing of the harvest shall last until the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing. And you shall eat your bread to fullness, and you shall live in your land without fear. 6I will give peace to your most distant regions. You will sleep, and there will be no one to strike you with terror. I will take away harmful wild beasts, and the sword will not cross your borders.
15If you love me, keep my commandments.
13Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
15And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!”
26The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring.