21 Bible Verses about Religious Freedom

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as 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--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"--

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)

But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.

"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.

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

I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?

and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.

Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in--who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery--

The tribune answered, "I bought this citizenship for a large sum." Paul said, "But I am a citizen by birth."

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.