John 8:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Jesus answered, “I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Jesus answered them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ Jesus answered them: Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

John 8:34 Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Matthew 5:18

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Acts 8:23

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”

Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Romans 8:21

because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.