What Does the Bible Say About Free-will?

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

Titus 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Romans 8:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Acts 13:48 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

John 6:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Romans 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

Romans 8:29-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Romans 8:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Acts 16:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

John 15:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

John 12:37-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

John 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, ...

Revelation 22:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

Romans 10:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

27 Bible Verses about Free-will

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 13:48 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:29-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 16:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:37-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about Free-will

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John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 13:48 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:29-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 16:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:37-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote