Luke 1:74 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

that we would be delivered from the [destructive] hand of our enemies and [then] serve Him without fear

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Might serve him without fear,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our foes, might serve Him fearlessly

American Standard Version (1901)

To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

Common English Bible

that we would be rescued from the power of our enemies so that we could serve him without fear,

Catholic Public Domain Version

so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,

Luke 1:74 Cross References

Luke 1:71

[He has provided] salvation from our enemies, and from the [destructive] hand of all those who hate us,

Luke 1:73

[This Agreement was] the oath by which He swore to Abraham, our forefather,

Luke 1:75

by living holy and righteous lives before Him all of our days.

Romans 6:22

But now, since you have been freed from [the practice of] sin and have become slaves to God, the benefits you receive are a holy life [here] and never ending life in the future.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take “Holy Spirit” here to be “spirit,” making the verse say “you did not receive the spirit of slavery”], but you received the Holy Spirit [or, a spirit] by adoption [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, “Abba” [which means] “Father.”

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit [i.e., a disposition] that makes us cowards but one that gives us power and love and self-control.

Hebrews 2:15

And [also He could] release all of those people who, because of their fear of death, were [kept] in bondage all their lives.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Holy Spirit [or, His eternal Spirit] offered Himself without [moral] blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from deeds which lead to [spiritual] death to serve the living God?

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. [For] look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. [But], you should be faithful [to God] even to the point of dying [for Him], and I will give you the crown of [never ending] life.