21 Bible Verses about Religious Freedom

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom [become] an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law [by] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree,"

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

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

For the law, possessing a shadow of the good [things] that are about to come, not the form of things itself, [is] never able {year by year} by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.

One believes [he may] eat all [things], but the one who is weak eats [only] vegetables.

Were you called [while] a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of [it].

But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

"At the end of seven years you shall grant remission of debt.

All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up.

So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free.

Now I am not speaking about your own conscience, but the [conscience] of the other [person]. For why [is] my freedom judged by another's conscience?

And I will go about {freely}, for I have sought your precepts.

Now [this was] because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they might enslave us,

And the military tribune replied, "I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I indeed was born [a citizen].

For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.

But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit [leading] to sanctification, and its end [is] eternal life.

Now receive the one who is weak in faith, [but] not for quarrels about opinions.

One person prefers [one] day over [another] day, and another person regards every day [alike]. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.

which [things] {although they have}, to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value} against the indulgence of the flesh.