Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free, and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage.

For you, brothers were called to freedom; only do not use freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

But as many as received Him, He gave them the authority to become children of God, to those who believe in His name;

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Therefore if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

Therefore since the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same things, in order that through death He might destroy the [one] having the power of death, that is, the devil,

and that He might set free these, as many as by fear of death through all of their lives, were subject to bondage.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.