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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Or, le Seigneur c'est l'Esprit; et là où est l'Esprit du Seigneur, là est la liberté.

KJV

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    r as they are of the Holy Ghost, are not under the law. The Apostle witnesses to this when he says ( 2 Cor. 3:17 ): "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Reply to Objection 2: The prudence of the flesh cannot be subject to the law of God as regards action; since it…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    w is "the law of the Spirit" ( Rom. 8:2 ). But "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" ( 2 Cor. 3:17 ). Now there is no liberty when man is bound to do or avoid certain external acts. Therefore the New Law does not prescribe or forbid any external acts. Objection 3: F…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    y Ghost, Who is given to us" ( Rom. 5:5 ). Now "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" ( 2 Cor. 3:17 ). Since then freedom excludes servitude, it seems that servile fear is driven away when charity comes. Objection 3: Further, servile fear is caused by self-love, in s…

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