KJV King James Version
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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John 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
WEB World English Bible
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
ASV American Standard Version
If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
Surrounding context — John 8
33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
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2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.John 8:31-32Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Zechariah 9:11-12As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Isaiah 49:24-25Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?Psalm 119:133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.Psalm 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.Psalm 19:13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
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