John 8:34

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil in the sight of the Lord as did Ahab, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

Proverbs 5:22

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;

Matthew 5:18

Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

Acts 8:23

For I see that you are filled with bitter gall and are in the bonds of iniquity.”

Romans 6:12

Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one 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 our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.

Romans 7:14

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

Romans 7:25

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

Romans 8:21

that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.

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.

2 Peter 2:19

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