John 8:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

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  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
  • Rom 6:16 : 16 Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
  • Rom 6:19-20 : 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as servants of uncleanness and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness for holiness. 20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
  • Rom 6:12 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
  • Rom 7:25 : 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 8:23 : 23 For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will by any means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:35-36
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    35And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • John 8:31-33
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    31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

    32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

    33They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free?

  • Rom 6:16-18
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    16Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

    17But God be thanked that though you were servants of sin, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

    18And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

  • 1 John 3:4-6
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    4Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

  • 1 John 3:8-9
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    8He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

  • Rom 6:20
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    20For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

  • John 8:46-47
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    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

    47He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  • John 8:23-24
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    23And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

  • John 13:16
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    16Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

  • Rom 6:6-7
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    6Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

    7For he who has died is freed from sin.

  • John 8:44
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    44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  • John 8:21
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    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

  • 1 Cor 7:22-23
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    22For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.

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

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

  • John 8:11-12
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    11She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.

    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • John 12:26
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    26If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

  • John 8:39
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    39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. 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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    51Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.

    52Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my word, he shall never taste death.

  • John 19:11
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    11Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.

  • John 8:41
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    41You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • John 8:7
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    7So when they continued asking him, he stood up and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first throw a stone at her.

  • John 8:4
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    4They said to him, Master, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

  • Mark 10:44
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    44And whoever of you desires to be first shall be servant of all.

  • Matt 20:27
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    27And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

  • John 20:23
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    23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.

  • John 16:9
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    9Of sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • John 6:28
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    28Then they said to him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

  • Rom 8:2
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

  • John 15:20
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    20Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  • Rom 7:17
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    17Now then it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.