John 8:34

John chapter 8 · verse 34 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

Context

v.33They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

v.34This passage

v.35And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 6:12

    Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

  • Romans 6:16

    Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

  • Romans 7:25

    I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

  • 1 Kings 21:25

    (But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

  • Romans 8:21

    that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

  • Romans 6:6

    knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;