2 Peter 2:19

Modern English Version

Although they promise them freedom, they themselves are slaves of corruption, for by that which a man is overcome, to this he is enslaved.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 23:9

My heart is broken within me, because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord, and because of His holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

And if the priest sees that the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

Acts 19:16

Then the man in whom the evil spirit was jumped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has set us free, and be not entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:13

You, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only do not use liberty to give an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Titus 3:3

We also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in evil and envy, filled with hatred and hating each other.

1 Peter 2:16

As free people, do not use your liberty as a covering for evil, but live as servants of God.

2 Peter 1:4

by which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these things you might become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.