15 Bijbelverzen over vrijheid

In the Bible, freedom is release from a master. For Israel the master was Egypt, “the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2); in the New Testament it is sin (John 8:34-36; Romans 6:22) and the law taken as a way to be justified (Galatians 5:1). The Old Testament proclaims liberty in the jubilee year (Leviticus 25:10), Jesus reads Isaiah’s promise of “liberty to the captives” at Nazareth (Luke 4:18), and Paul writes that the creation itself will be set free (Romans…