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In the context of biblical teachings, "letting" often refers to the act of allowing or permitting something to happen, which can encompass a range of spiritual and moral implications. The concept of letting is deeply intertwined with themes of surrender, trust, and divine providence, as seen throughout Scripture.

Letting Go of Worry and Anxiety

One of the most significant aspects of letting in the Bible is the call to release worry and anxiety, trusting in God's provision and care. In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus instructs His followers not to worry about their lives, what they will eat or drink, or about their bodies and what they will wear. He emphasizes the importance of seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, assuring that all these things will be added to them. This passage highlights the necessity of letting go of earthly concerns and trusting in God's faithfulness.

Letting God Work

The Bible frequently encourages believers to let God work in their lives, surrendering their own will to His divine plan. Proverbs 3:5-6 advises, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." This verse underscores the importance of letting God guide one's life, rather than relying solely on human wisdom.

Letting Go of Sin

Another critical aspect of letting in Scripture is the call to let go of sin and embrace a life of holiness. Hebrews 12:1 exhorts believers to "lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us." This passage encourages Christians to release the burdens of sin and pursue a life of righteousness, empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Letting Others Be

The Bible also addresses the concept of letting others be, particularly in the context of judgment and forgiveness. In Romans 14:13 , Paul writes, "Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way." This instruction calls for believers to allow others the freedom to live according to their conscience, without imposing unnecessary judgments or hindrances.

Letting Love Prevail

Letting love prevail is a central theme in the New Testament, where believers are called to love one another as Christ loved them. In 1 John 4:7 , it is written, "Beloved, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." This verse emphasizes the importance of allowing love to be the guiding principle in relationships, reflecting the love of God to the world.

Letting Go of the Past

Scripture also speaks to the importance of letting go of the past to embrace the new life offered in Christ. Philippians 3:13-14 states, "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus." This passage encourages believers to release past failures and regrets, focusing instead on the future hope found in Christ.

In summary, the biblical concept of letting encompasses a range of spiritual disciplines, including surrendering to God's will, releasing anxiety, letting go of sin, allowing others freedom, prioritizing love, and moving beyond past mistakes. These principles are foundational to living a life that honors God and reflects His character.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Let.

Greek

3929. paresis -- a letting go
... a letting go. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paresis Phonetic Spelling:
(par'-es-is) Short Definition: overlooking Definition: overlooking ...
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5289. hupostole -- a letting down, a shrinking back
... a letting down, a shrinking back. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
hupostole Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-os-tol-ay') Short Definition: a shrinking ...
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436. anthistemi -- to set against, ie withstand
... pushed back"). 436 ("oppose ") means to (where they unswervingly stand);
to ; withstand, without giving up (letting go). [436 () was ...
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4156. pniktos -- strangled
... Speech: Adjective Transliteration: pniktos Phonetic Spelling: (pnik-tos') Short
Definition: strangled Definition: strangled (ie killed without letting out the ...
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595. apothesis -- a putting away
... 595 (from 659 , "put away, let go") -- properly, a putting off (letting go) to
(set something aside); a from a previous obligation; (figuratively) removal, by ...
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859. aphesis -- dismissal, release, fig. pardon
... Transliteration: aphesis Phonetic Spelling: (af'-es-is) Short Definition: deliverance,
pardon, complete forgiveness Definition: a sending away, a letting go, a ...
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2970. komos -- a village festival, revel
... reveling, rioting. From keimai; a carousal (as if letting loose) -- revelling, rioting.
see GREEK keimai. (komoi) -- 1 Occurrence. (komois) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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568. apecho -- to hold back, keep off, to be away, be distant
... enough. 568 (from 575 , " from" and 2192 , "have") -- properly, to have
one thing by separating from (letting go of) another. 568 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8059. shemittah -- a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
... shemittah. 8060 . a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting. Transliteration: shemittah
Phonetic Spelling: (shem-it-taw') Short Definition: remission. ...
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7971. shalach -- to send
... them go (6), let you go (7), let your loose (1), let go (1), let loose (2),
let...down (1), let...go (3), lets his loose (1), lets you go (1), letting the go ( ...
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6362. patar -- to separate, remove, set free
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to separate, remove, set free NASB Word Usage
dismiss (1), free (1), letting (1), open (4), separate (1), slipped away (1). ...
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5801. izzabon -- wares
... fair, ware. From azab in the sense of letting go (for a price, ie Selling); trade,
ie The place (mart) or the payment (revenue) -- fair, ware. see HEBREW azab. ...
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Library

The Eighth Beatitude
... There are but two ways of ending that antagonism: either by bringing the world up
to Christian character, or letting Christian character down to the world. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the eighth beatitude.htm

May one Lose the Blessing?
... If we possess the blessing, and desire to retain it, there is another matter of
the last importance that must be attended to, viz., letting "the Word of Christ ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xviii may one lose.htm

That Some May not Come to Feel the Perfection of this Work but in ...
... And yet in this time they have full deliberation of all their wits bodily or ghostly,
and may use them if they desire: not without some letting (but without ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the one and 6.htm

Gamaliel's Counsel
... It is, of course, possible that he bases his counsel of letting the followers of
Jesus alone, on the grounds which he adduces, because he knew that reasons ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/gamaliels counsel.htm

Methodical Liberality
... We do not know how long Joash tried the experiment of letting the priests receive
the money and superintend the repairs; but probably the restoration project ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/methodical liberality.htm

Colossians ii. 16-19
... well-being. Why, letting go the Head, dost thou cling to the members?
If thou art fallen off from it, thou art lost. "From whom ...
/.../homily vii colossians ii 16-19.htm

The victory of Faith
... We fear we are letting the world overcome us; we are living too much in continual
fear of the chances and changes of this mortal life. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon vii the victory of.htm

A Petulant Wish
... Instead of falling down before God, and letting his whole heart go out in jubilant
gratitude, he has nothing to say but 'I would rather that Thou didst it in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/a petulant wish.htm

Rhoda
... 'Root and branch' reform seldom answers. The true way is to girdle the tree by taking
off a ring of bark round the trunk, and letting nature do the rest. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/rhoda.htm

With the Opening of this ChapterWe Come to Quite a Different Theme ...
... The earthward trend of thought"the letting slip our own precious truth"has introduced
a "tongue" into Christendom that ought to be foreign to the Saint of ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter v with the opening.htm

Thesaurus

Letting (41 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Let. Multi-Version Concordance Letting (41 Occurrences). Luke 2:29
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said; (BBE). ...
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Lease (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for
life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that ...
/l/lease.htm - 7k

Hooks (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting
down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ...
/h/hooks.htm - 19k

Letteth (11 Occurrences)

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Loose (219 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) A letting go; discharge. ... Job 10:17 That you would send new witnesses against
me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me. ...
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Behaviour (115 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 21:13 So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was
off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from ...
/b/behaviour.htm - 35k

Untouched (8 Occurrences)
... said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in
letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem? (BBE). Daniel 6:23 ...
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Ushers (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ushers (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 18:16 A man's offering
makes room for him, letting him come before great men. (See NIV). ...
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Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... The bones he cracks [hence the appropriateness of the name ossifrage, ie,
"bone-breaker"] by letting them fall on a rock from a great height. ...
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Onto (22 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS). Genesis 24:18 And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting
down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink. (BBE). ...
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Resources

I am a parent; how can I let go of my adult children? | GotQuestions.org

Are we supposed to let go and let God? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about a Christian's responsibility? | GotQuestions.org

Letting: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Letting (41 Occurrences)

Luke 2:29
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
(BBE)

Acts 9:25
and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.
(YLT)

Acts 27:15
And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven before it.
(DBY)

Acts 27:30
Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;
(BBE)

Acts 27:40
So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 4:6
Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the lesson of not letting your thoughts go above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for such a one against another.
(DBY)

Ephesians 5:21
Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
(BBE)

Ephesians 6:9
And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.
(YLT)

Philippians 3:13
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
(BBE)

Genesis 24:18
And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.
(BBE)

Genesis 39:13
And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,
(BBE)

Exodus 8:29
Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 9:17
As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go?
(See NAS)

Exodus 13:15
and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 19:29
Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
(BBE)

Numbers 14:14
And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
(BBE)

Numbers 16:9
Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
(BBE)

Numbers 16:10
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
(BBE)

Numbers 35:32
And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 33:26
No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 19:17
And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 21:13
So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
(BBE NIV)

1 Kings 19:20
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 11:14
For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 25:13
But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
(See RSV)

Job 10:17
That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.
(BBE)

Job 15:13
So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
(BBE)

Psalms 47:1
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.
(BBE)

Psalms 49:10
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
(BBE)

Psalms 78:49
He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.
(BBE)

Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
(BBE YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 18:16
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
(BBE)

Song of Songs 2:9
My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
(BBE)

Isaiah 32:20
Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 34:10
And all the princes and all the people that had entered into the covenant obeyed, every man letting his bondman and every man his bondmaid go free, that none should exact service of them any more: they obeyed, and let them go.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 5:12
A third of you will come to death from disease, wasting away among you through need of food; a third will be put to the sword round about you; and a third I will send away to every wind, letting loose a sword after them.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 9:8
Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?
(BBE)

Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 17:18
For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Letting

Related Terms

Leummim (1 Occurrence)

Letu'shim (1 Occurrence)

Letting (41 Occurrences)

Jokshan (3 Occurrences)

Le-um'mim (1 Occurrence)

Letushites (1 Occurrence)

Leummites (1 Occurrence)

Dedan (10 Occurrences)

Asshu'rim (1 Occurrence)