The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners. -- Isaiah 61:1
Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son always remains." -- John 8:34-35
"So if a son frees you,
then you will truly be free."
John 8:34-36
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. -- Romans 6:22
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. -- 1 Peter 2:16
For, brothers, you have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. -- Galatians 5:13
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. -- Galatians 5:1
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. -- Romans 8:2
I leave you the spirit of liberty - not that which excludes obedience, for that is the liberty of the flesh; but that which excludes restraint, scruple, and worry. -- St. Francis De Sales