2 Peter 2:19

Legacy Standard Bible

promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 23:9

¶As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me; All my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, Even like a man overcome with wine, Because of Yahweh And because of His holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

And the priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

Acts 19:16

And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, subdued all of them, and utterly prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Galatians 5:1

It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

1 Peter 2:16

Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as slaves of God.

2 Peter 1:4

For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

2 Peter 2:20

For if they are overcome, having both escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been entangled in them, then the last state has become worse for them than the first.