John 8:34

Weymouth NT

»In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

Cross References

Matthew 5:18

Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

John 3:3

»In most solemn truth I tell you,« answered Jesus, »that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God.«

Acts 8:23

For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness.«

Romans 6:12

Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result) or of Duty (resulting in righteousness)?

Romans 6:6

This we know–that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

Romans 7:14

For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual–the slave, bought and sold, of sin.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!) To sum up then, with my understanding, I –my true self– am in servitude to the Law of God, but with my lower nature I am in servitude to the Law of sin.

Romans 8:21

Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.

Ephesians 2:2

which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience–to you God has given Life.

Titus 3:3

For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.

2 Peter 2:19

And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any one by whom he has been worsted in fight.