19 Bible Verses about Religious Freedom

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, having been made a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:"

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage.

now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

For the law having but a faint shadow of good things to come, and not the full image of the things, can never, even by the great annual sacrifices which they offer statedly, make the comers thereunto perfect.

for one believeth that he may eat any food; another, who is weak, liveth upon herbs.

Wast thou called being a slave, be not anxious about it; but if thou canst be made free, prefer it.

But see that this liberty of yours be not by any means a stumbling-block to the weak.

For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

If all things be lawful for me, yet all things are not expedient: all things may be lawful for me, but all things do not edify.

If therefore the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's; for why is my liberty to be judged by another man's conscience?

and that because of the false brethren clandestinely introduced, who had crept in as spies upon our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

And the tribune replied, I obtained this freedom with a large sum of money. And Paul said, But I was free-born.

For he that is called in the Lord being a slave, is the Lord's freed-man: and he likewise that is called being free is the servant of Christ.

But now being set free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not to disputes about doubtful matters:

One preferreth some days to others; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every one be fully satisfied in his own mind.

which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.