John 8:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
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“Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 8:34 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- Acts 8:23For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
- Romans 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 7:25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- 1 John 3:8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
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