Bible Verses About Free Will

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Freedom language with moral use.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Freedom from slavery passage.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Conditional willingness passage.

Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

Readiness to will and do passage.

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

Directly says they were willing of themselves.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Same choose life theme.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

Direct choose life passage.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Despair text, not relevant.

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Obedience and life language, but duplicate/weak as a separate citation.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Obedience leads to life.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Keeps the command keeps life.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Choose whom you will serve.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

God's mercy passage often used in predestination discussions.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Choice of obedience or sin leading to righteousness or death.

But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Voluntary versus compelled good deed.

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Human objection about God's will.

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

Slaves of sin language.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

If willing and obedient, the good of the land follows.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wages of sin and free gift contrast.

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Grace text, not free will.

And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

Grace text, not free will.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Predestination text, not free will proof.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Predestination text, not free will proof.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Union with Christ, not free will.

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Freedom from sin, but too generic.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Contrasts divine birth with human will, useful as supporting context.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Set free from sin, slaves of God.

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Set free from sin and become slaves of righteousness.

But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Grace statement, not free will.

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Paul expects obedience as a willing act.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Accountability before God supports judgment language.

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.