Rom 6:17-18, 2Cor 3:17, Gal 4:25-5:1, 5:13, 1Pe 2:16, 2Pe 2:19-20 | ESV | STEP | But thanks be to God , that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed ,

17 But ^athanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^bstandard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, ^chaving been set free from sin, ^dhave become slaves of righteousness.

2 Corinthians 3:17

17 Now the Lord ^{▼▼Or this Lord} is the Spirit, and where ^fthe Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^gfreedom.

Galatians 4:25-31

25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia} she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But ⁱthe Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,

^j“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
28 Now you, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts we} brothers, ^llike Isaac, ^mare children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh ⁿpersecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^oso also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? ^p“Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but ^qof the free woman.

Galatians 5:1

Christ Has Set Us Free

1 For ^rfreedom Christ has ^sset us free; ^tstand firm therefore, and do not submit again to ^ua yoke of ^vslavery.

Galatians 5:13

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^wOnly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^xserve one another.

1 Peter 2:16

16 ^yLive as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but ^zliving as servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of God.

2 Peter 2:19-20

19 They promise them ^abfreedom, ^acbut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, ^aeafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^afthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^agthe last state has become worse for them than the first.