2 Corinthians 3:17

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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
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³²And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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¹³For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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⁶And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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¹STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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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;
²To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
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⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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¹⁵For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
¹⁶The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
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¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
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⁶Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

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2 Corinthians 3:17

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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liberty

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Freedom, release, permission, or deliverance from bondage or restraint.

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¹⁶Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

¹⁷Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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¹⁸But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.