2 Peter 2:19

New American Bible - revised edition

They promise them freedom, though they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave of whatever overcomes him.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Ah! majestic garland of the drunkards of Ephraim, Fading blooms of his glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, upon those stupefied with wine.

Jeremiah 23:9

Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble; I am like a drunk, like one overcome by wine, Because of the Lord, because of his holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

Should the priest, upon examination, find that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, he shall declare the person unclean; it is a scaly infection.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Acts 19:16

The person with the evil spirit then sprang at them and subdued them all. He so overpowered them that they fled naked and wounded from that house.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love.

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they may return to their senses out of the devil’s snare, where they are entrapped by him, for his will.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:16

Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.

2 Peter 2:20

For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [our] Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first.