Free will

★

Most explicit affirmations of

Jer 7:24, 31; Eze 33:11; Hos 8:4; Lk 7:30; 1Co 7:37; 10:13

“Freewill offering” (exhaustive)

Ex 35:29; 36:3; Lev 7:16; 22:18, 21, 23; 23:38; Nu 15:3; 29:39; Dt 12:6, 17; 16:10; 2Ch 31:14; 35:8; Ezr 1:4, 6; 3:5; 7:16; 8:28; Ps 119:108; Eze 46:12; Am 4:5

“Free will”, “freewill” (exhaustive)

Lev 1:3 NKJV; Lev 19:5 NKJV; Lev 22:19, 29 NKJV; Ezr 7:13 KJV; 2Co 8:3 NLT; Phm 1:14 NASB; see also 2Co 8:17

“Will”, “willing” (not exhaustive)

Ge 49:6; Ex 21:14; 35:22; Jdg 5:2, 9; 2Sa 6:10; 1Ch 28:9; 29:5, 9, 14; 2Ch 29:31; 35:8; Ezr 7:16; Pr 31:13; Isa 1:19-20; 30:9, 15; Jer 16:12; Eze 3:7; 20:8; Dan 11:3, 16, 28, 36; Lk 13:34; 23:25; Jn 7:17; 8:43–44; 2Co 9:5

“Choose”, “chose” (not exhaustive)

Dt 30:19; Jos 24:15, 21–22; 2Sa 24:11–13 (cf. 1Ch 21:9–12); Ps 25:12; Pr 1:29; 3:31; Isa 7:15–16; 56:4; 65:12; 66:3–4

God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom

Nu 12:14; 1Sa 23:10–13; Jer 37:9–10; 38:17–18; Eze 3:4–6; Hos 8:7; Mic 2:11; Mt 11:21, 23 (cf. Lk 10:13); Mt 12:7; 24:43 (cf. Lk 12:39); Lk 16:30–31; 22:67–68; Jn 4:10; 5:46; 8:19, 39, 42; 14:7, 28; 15:19; 1Co 2:8

Objections

Seemingly explicit denials of free will

Ps 37:23; Pr 16:1, 9; 20:24; 21:1; Jer 10:23; 13:23; Ro 9:16

Will is determined by heart nature

Main topic: Heart 1Ki 11:6, 9; Ecc 10:2; Jer 7:24; 13:23; Mt 12:34–35 (cf. Lk 6:45); Mt 15:18–19 (cf. Mk 7:21–22)

See also

• Arminianism
• Providence