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Bond

An obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian love is the “bond of perfectness” (Col. 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the “bond of peace” (Eph. 4:3).

In the Bible

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Verses where Bond is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

  • Acts 8:23

    For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

  • Acts 17:9

    And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.

  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

  • Colossians 3:14

    And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

  • Ephesians 4:3

    and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

+13 more verses naming Bond.

Entries that reference Bond

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Bond references

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Voices on Bond

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Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.