deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
Parallel translations
- WEB to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
- KJV That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might 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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Quick answer
God's purpose in rescuing His people is that they might serve Him freely, without fear. It matters because salvation frees us from bondage for joyful worship.
Overview
The deliverance God grants is purposeful: rescued from enemies, His people are freed to serve Him. The greatest enemies are sin and death, and Christ delivers us from them so we may worship without dread. Salvation is not merely escape from danger but liberation into a life of devoted service.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Zeph 3:15–17The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
- 2 Tim 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Isa 54:13–14Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Rom 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Heb 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
- Zech 9:8–10But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Luke 1:71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
- Isa 65:21–25They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Ezek 39:28–29Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Isa 35:9–10No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Rom 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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