Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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