John 8:34

New Century Version

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, everyone who lives in sin is a slave to sin.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

There was no one like Ahab who had chosen so often to do what the Lord said was wrong, because his wife Jezebel influenced him to do evil.

Proverbs 5:22

An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways; the ropes of his sins will tie him up.

Matthew 5:18

I tell you the truth, nothing will disappear from the law until heaven and earth are gone. Not even the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will be lost until everything has happened.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Acts 8:23

I see that you are full of bitter jealousy and ruled by sin.”

Romans 6:12

So, do not let sin control your life here on earth so that you do what your sinful self wants to do.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross so that our sinful selves would have no power over us and we would not be slaves to sin.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual, but I am not spiritual since sin rules me as if I were its slave.

Romans 7:25

I thank God for saving me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful self I am a slave to the law of sin.

Romans 8:21

that everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God’s children.

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past you lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

Titus 3:3

In the past we also were foolish. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We spent our lives doing evil and being jealous. People hated us, and we hated each other.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. For people are slaves of anything that controls them.