19 Bible Verses about Religious Freedom

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. (for it is written, " cursed is every one, that hangeth upon a tree.")

Stand fast therefore, and be not hampered again with the yoke of bondage.

for the spiritual meaning of the law centers in him, and the spirit of the law is gospel-liberty:

For the law being only an allusion to a future dispensation that was more excellent, and not an exact imitation of such a state, cannot by the anniversary sacrifices, which are offered, entirely purify those that present themselves.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.

were you called being a slave? be not perplex'd about it; but if you can obtain your freedom, don't refuse it.

but take care that this liberty of yours does not prove a scandal to the weak.

for then sin shall have no dominion over you: because you are not under the legal, but under the gospel dispensation.

are all things lawful for me? yet all things are not expedient: are all things lawful for me? yet all things do not edify.

if the son therefore shall make you free, you will be free indeed.

when I say conscience, I don't mean your own, but that of the other: for why should I expose my liberty to the censure of another man's conscience?

and as to the false brethren, who insidiously crept in to spy out our liberty which we have by Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude;

he answer'd, yes. the officer rejoin'd, my freedom cost me a considerable sum. but I had it, said Paul, by right of birth.

for the slave that turns christian, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, the freeman that becomes a convert is Christ's servant.

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

A weak convert receive as a friend without regard to any difference of opinion.

one man thinks one day fitter for religious worship than another: another thinks every day alike. let every man follow the persuasion of his own mind.

by which indeed they make a pretence to wisdom, by a worship of their own devising, by an air of humility, and self-denial, and a disregard to the gratifications of sense.