John 8:32

Jesus promises that knowing the truth, found in him, brings real freedom. The truth liberates from the bondage of sin.

Cross-references · 37

• Rom 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• John 8:36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
• John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
• 1 Pet 2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
• John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Rom 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• Rom 6:14–18For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
• Ps 25:5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Prov 2:1–7My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Gal 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• Jas 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
• 2 Cor 3:17–18Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
• Jas 2:12So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
• Jer 6:16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
• Gal 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• John 7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• Hos 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Isa 30:21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
• Rom 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
• Prov 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
• Mal 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• Prov 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• 2 Tim 2:25–26In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
• 2 Tim 3:7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• Isa 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Prov 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
• Isa 54:13And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
• Isa 2:3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
• Ps 119:45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
• Matt 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• Song 1:7–8Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
• Jer 31:33–34But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Matt 13:11–12He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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