John 8:34

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

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  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
  • Rom 6:16 : 16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we 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 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • Rom 6:19-20 : 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification. 20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
  • Rom 6:12 : 12 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
  • Rom 7:25 : 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • Acts 8:23 : 23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:35-36
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    35 A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.

    36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

  • John 8:31-33
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    31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

    32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

    33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

  • Rom 6:16-18
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    16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

    17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

    18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

  • 1 John 3:4-6
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    4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

    5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

    6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

  • 1 John 3:8-9
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    8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

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

  • Rom 6:22
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    22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

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

    47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

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

    24 I said therefore to 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
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    16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

  • Rom 6:6-7
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    6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

    7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

  • John 8:44
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    44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

  • John 8:21
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    21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

  • 1 Cor 7:22-23
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    22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.

    23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.

  • John 9:41
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    41 Jesus 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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    11 She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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

  • John 8:39
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    39 They 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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    51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."

    52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'

  • John 19:11
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    11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

  • John 8:41
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    41 You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

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

  • John 8:7
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    7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

  • John 8:4
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    4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

  • Mark 10:44
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    44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

  • Matt 20:27
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    27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

  • John 20:23
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    23 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."

  • John 16:9
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    9 about sin, because they don't believe in me;

  • John 6:28
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    28 They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"

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

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

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

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

  • John 5:24
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    24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

  • Rom 7:17
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    17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.