To grant us that we, Being delivered from 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,
- 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,
- 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 3:15–17Yahweh 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.
- 2 Tim 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- 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?
- 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.
- Heb 2:15and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- 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;
- Isa 65:21–25They will build houses, and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- 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 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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