Luke 1:74
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- KJV
- That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- WEB
- to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
- ASV
- To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,
- DARBY
- to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
- BLB
- having been saved from the hand of [our] enemies, to serve Him without fear
- ÅB
- for å fri oss av våre fienders hånd og gi oss å tjene ham uten frykt
- OTB
- å frelse oss fra våre fienders hånd,
så vi kan tjene ham uten frykt - B1930
- for å fri oss av våre fienders hånd og gi oss å tjene ham uten frykt
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zephaniah 3:15–17
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:13–14
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Read in contextRomans 8:15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Read in contextHebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Read in contextRevelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Read in contextHebrews 2:15
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Read in contextZechariah 9:8–10
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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