John 8:36
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
In Context
35A bondservant does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
37I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
Cross References
Psalms 19:13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.Let them not have dominion over me.Then I will be upright.I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
Psalms 119:133Establish my footsteps in your word.Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me;because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,and release to those who are bound;
Luke 4:18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,recovering of sight to the blind,to deliver those who are crushed,
Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and of death.
Galatians 5:1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Matthew Henry on John 8:32-38
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 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… Read the whole commentary →