ἐλευθερία,
-ας,
ἡ, (
ἐλεύθερος),
liberty, [from Pindar, Herodotus down]; in the
N. T.
a. liberty to do or to omit things having no relation to salvation,
1 Corinthians 10:29; from the yoke of the Mosaic law,
Galatians 2:4;
Galatians 5:1, 13;
1 Peter 2:16; from Jewish errors so blinding the mental vision that it does not discern the majesty of Christ,
2 Corinthians 3:17; freedom from the dominion of corrupt desires, so that we do by the free impulse of the soul what the will of God requires:
ὁ νόμος τῆς ἐλευθερίας,
i. e. the Christian religion, which furnishes that rule of right living by which the liberty just mentioned is attained,
James 1:25;
James 2:12; freedom from the restraints and miseries of earthly frailty: so in the expression
ἡ ἐλευθερία τῆς δόξης (epexegetical genitive [Winer's Grammar, 531 (494)]), manifested in the glorious condition of the future life,
Romans 8:21.
b. fancied liberty,
i. e. license, the liberty to do as one pleases,
2 Peter 2:19.
J. C. Erler, Commentatio exeg. de libertatis christianae notione in
N. T. libris obvia, 1830 (an essay I have never had the good fortune to see).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Romans
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8:21
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1 Corinthians
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10:29
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2 Corinthians
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3:17
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Galatians
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2:4; 5:1; 5:13
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James
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1:25; 2:12
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1 Peter
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2:16
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2 Peter
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2:19
