to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
Parallel translations
- KJV That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- BSB deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- ESV that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
- NKJV To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
- NASB To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Would serve Him without fear,
- NLT We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear,
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- 2 Tim 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Zeph 3:15–17Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
- Isa 54:13–14All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.
- Rom 8:15For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Heb 2:15and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- Rev 2:10Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Zech 9:8–10I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Luke 1:71salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
- Ezek 39:28–29They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
- Isa 65:21–25They will build houses, and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Isa 35:9–10No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
- Isa 45:17Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
- Rom 6:22But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
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