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No Longer Slaves

By Bethel Music + Jonathan David & Melissa Helser

7,729 views Oct 8, 2026 updated We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

“No Longer Slaves,” by Bethel Music with Jonathan David and Melissa Helser, begins with a God who sings to the fearful. “You unravel me with a melody, you surround me with a song of deliverance from my enemies, till all my fears are gone.” The chorus turns that deliverance into identity: “I'm no longer a slave to fear, I am a child of God.”

The verses build the family picture. The singer has been chosen “from my mother's womb,” called by name and “born again to a family,” with God's blood flowing “through my veins.” The bridge widens to a community, “we've been liberated from our bondage, we're the sons and the daughters, let us sing our freedom,” and recalls the Red Sea: “You split the sea so I could walk right through it, my fears are drowned in perfect love.” The song ends on the repeated declaration of sonship and a note of faith.

The central line is from Romans 8:15, where believers receive the Spirit of adoption and not slavery. The sea crossing is Exodus 14:21, and fear drowned in perfect love matches 1 John 4:18, which says perfect love casts out fear.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

You unravel me with a melody
You surround me with a song
Of deliverance from my enemies
'Til all my fears are gone

I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God

From my mother's womb
You have chosen me
Love has called my name
I've been born again to a family
Your blood flows through my veins

I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God

I am surrounded
By the arms of the Father
I am surrounded
By songs of deliverance

We've been liberated
From our bondage
We're the sons and the daughters
Let us sing our freedom

You split the sea
So I could walk right through it
My fears are drowned in perfect love
You rescued me
And I will stand and sing
I am a child of God

You split the sea
So I could walk right through it
You drown my fears in perfect love
You rescued me
And I will stand and sing
I am a child of God

Yes, I am
I am a child of God
I am a child of God
Yes, I am
I am a child of God
Full of faith
Yes, I am a child of God
I am a child of God

I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God
I'm no longer a slave to fear
I am a child of God

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