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The Truth Will Set You Free

John 8:32

In 9 translations

BSB
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
KJV
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
WEB
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
ASV
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
LSV
and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
YLT
and the truth shall make you free.'
DBY
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
DRC
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
GNV
And shall know the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς.
RP2018
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς.
TR-Boyd
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς.
SCR1894
και γνωσεσθε την αληθειαν και η αληθεια ελευθερωσει υμας

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
  • John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
  • 1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  • Romans 6:14–18For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as…
  • Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  • Psalms 25:5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
  • James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
  • Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
  • Proverbs 2:1–7My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if…
  • 2 Corinthians 3:17–18Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which…
  • James 2:12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
  • John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
  • Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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