Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, he that practiseth sin, is the slave of sin:
2 Peter 2:19 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 While they promise them liberty, themselves are the slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him he is also brought into slavery. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement–for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved. American Standard Version (1901) promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. Common English Bible These false teachers promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of immorality; whatever overpowers you, enslaves you. Catholic Public Domain Version promising them freedoms, while they themselves are the servants of corruption. For by whatever a man is overcome, of this also is he the servant. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave. |
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, he that practiseth sin, is the slave of sin:
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping upon them, and getting the mastery of them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Brethren, ye have been called to liberty: only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
And they may awake out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, inslaved to various desires and pleasures, living in wickedness and envy, hateful, hating one another:
yet not having your liberty for a cloak of wickedness, but as the servants of God.
By which he hath given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these, having escaped the corruption which is in the world thro' desire, ye may become partakers of the divine nature:
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, thro the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again intangled therein and overcome, their last state is worse then the first.