That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might 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,
- BSB deliverance from hostile hands, that we may 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.
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Cross-references · 15
- Zeph 3:15–17The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
- 2 Tim 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
- Isa 54:13–14And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
- 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.
- Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- Heb 2:15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- Zech 9:8–10And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
- Ezek 34:25–28And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Luke 1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
- Isa 65:21–25And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Ezek 39:28–29Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
- Isa 35:9–10No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- 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.
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