John 8:34

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Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

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  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
  • Rom 6:16 : 16 Do you not know that if you offer yourselves 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?
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin.
  • Rom 6:19-20 : 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
  • Rom 6:12 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  • Rom 7:25 : 25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself will also be liberated from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
  • Acts 8:23 : 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter, not a single stroke of a pen, will disappear from the law until everything is accomplished.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:35-36
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    35A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.

    36So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

  • John 8:31-33
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    76%

    31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

    32And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

    33They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?"

  • Rom 6:16-18
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    75%

    16Do you not know that if you offer yourselves 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?

    17But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.

    18Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

  • 1 John 3:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

    5You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

    6No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

  • 1 John 3:8-9
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    72%

    8The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil.

    9No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

    20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    22But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    71%

    19They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.

  • John 8:46-47
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    71%

    46Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

    47The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.

  • John 8:23-24
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    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

  • John 13:16
    70%

    16Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • Rom 6:6-7
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    6We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

  • John 8:44
    69%

    44You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

  • John 8:21
    69%

    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

  • 1 Cor 7:22-23
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    68%

    22For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.

    23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

  • John 9:41
    68%

    41Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

  • John 8:11-12
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    68%

    11She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin."

    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

  • John 12:26
    68%

    26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • John 8:39
    68%

    39They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

  • John 8:51-52
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    68%

    51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.

    52Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

  • John 19:11
    68%

    11Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over me unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.

  • John 8:41
    67%

    41You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."

  • 1 John 1:8
    67%

    8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • John 8:7
    67%

    7When they kept pressing him for an answer, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

  • John 8:4
    67%

    4They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

  • Mark 10:44
    67%

    44'and whoever wants to be first must be a slave to all.'

  • Matt 20:27
    67%

    27'And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.'

  • John 20:23
    67%

    23If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.

  • John 16:9
    67%

    9about sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • John 6:28
    67%

    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

  • Rom 8:2
    66%

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

  • John 15:20
    66%

    20Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

  • 1 John 5:17
    66%

    17All wrongdoing is sin, and yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

  • Rom 7:14
    66%

    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  • John 5:24
    66%

    24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

  • Rom 7:17
    66%

    17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.