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1 Petrus 2 16
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover- up for evil; live as God’s slaves. (niv)
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Galater 5:13
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. (niv)
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Römer 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! (niv)
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Römer 3:5-8
But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us?( I am using a human argument.)Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?Someone might argue,“ If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”Why not say— as some slanderously claim that we say—“ Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just! (niv)
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Römer 2:4
Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? (niv)
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Römer 3:31
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. (niv)
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Römer 5:20-21
The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (niv)
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Judas 1:4
For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. (niv)
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2 Petrus 2 18-2 Petrus 2 19
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity— for“ people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.” (niv)