The best Bible verses for letting go include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for letting go, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”"2 Corinthians 10:10
"For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”"2 Corinthians 10:10
"Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present."2 Corinthians 10:11
"Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking."2 Peter 3:1
"After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea."Colossians 4:16
"Brothers, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written you only a short letter."Hebrews 13:22
"Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord."Isaiah 37:14
"At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery."Isaiah 39:1
"Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,"2 Corinthians 3:7
"He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction."2 Peter 3:16
"Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”"1 Kings 1:27
"So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard."1 Samuel 21:13
"not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come."2 Thessalonians 2:2
"So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter."2 Thessalonians 2:15
Scripture returns to letting go often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for letting go are 2 Corinthians 10:10, 2 Corinthians 10:11, 2 Peter 3:1. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to letting go across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for letting go, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.