for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done.

be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though you had to but of your own free will, not from the motive of personal profit but freely,

So if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.

Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?"

Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!"

If a Christian woman has widowed relatives, she should help them, and let the church be free from the burden, so that it can help the widows who are really dependent.

Since then, my brothers, we have free access to the real sanctuary through the blood of Jesus,

You must have a turn of mind that is free from avarice; you must be content with what you have, for God Himself has said, "I will never fail you, I will never forsake you."

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

You must continue talking and acting like people who are to be judged by the law that treats them as free.

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, free from doubts and insincerity.

Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God.

If we claim "We are already free from sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in our hearts.

The kings of the earth, the great men, the military leaders, the rich, the mighty -- everybody, whether slaves or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

Still the governor answered, "Which of the two do you want me to set free for you?" And they said, "Barabbas."

Then he set Barabbas free for them, but had Jesus flogged and turned over to be crucified.

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

And He said to her, "My daughter, your faith has cured you. Go in peace and be free from your disease."

Now at the time of the feast Pilate usually set a prisoner free whom the people requested.

Then Pilate answered them by asking, "Do you want me to set the king of the Jews free for you?"

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to set Barabbas free for them instead.

So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, but after having Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified.

For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free in peace, as you have promised;

But we kept hoping that He was the One who was coming to set Israel free. Moreover, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred.

and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."

Then Pilate said to Him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have it in my power to set you free or to crucify you?"

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you yourselves betrayed and disowned before Pilate, although he had decided to set Him free.

that you abstain from everything that is offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the meat of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves free from these things, you will prosper. Good-by."

After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.

but anybody may have right standing with God as a free gift of His undeserved favor, through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus.

But God's free gift is not at all to be compared with the offense. For if by one man's offense the whole race of men have died, to a much greater degree God's favor and His gift imparted by His favor through the one man Jesus Christ, has overflowed for the whole race of men.

And the gift is not fit all to be compared with the results of that one man's sin. For that sentence resulted from the offense of one man, and it meant condemnation, but the free gift resulted from the offenses of many, and it meant right standing.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned.

So if she marries another man while her husband is living, she is called an adulteress, but if he dies, she is free from that marriage bond, so that she will not be an adulteress though later married to another man.

For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.

that even nature itself might finally be set free from its bondage to decay, so as to share the glorious freedom of God's children.

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.

I want you to be free from worldly worries. An unmarried man is concerned about the affairs of the Lord.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases, except that he must be a Christian.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work for the Lord?

Yes, indeed, though I am free from any human power, I have made myself a slave to everybody, to win as many as possible.

For the Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave girl, the other by a free woman.

But the child of the slave girl was born in the ordinary course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born to fulfill the promise.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

But what does the Scripture say? "Drive off the slave girl and her son, for the slave girl's son shall never share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."

So, brothers, we are children, not of a slave girl but of a free woman.

This is the freedom with which Christ has made us free. So keep on standing in it, and stop letting your necks be fastened in the yoke of slavery again.

By union with Him and through faith in Him we have a free and confidential introduction to God.