Thematic Bible: Is freedom from


Thematic Bible



So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.

If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as,


And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].




But now we have been released from the Law and its penalty, having died [through Christ] to that by which we were held captive, so that we serve [God] in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter [of the Law].


For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to everyone, so that I may win more [for Christ].