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2 Peter 2:19

SinTemptationObedience

17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

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BSB
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
KJV
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.
WEB
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
BLB
promising to them freedom, themselves being slaves of corruption. For by what anyone has been subdued, by that also he is enslaved.
ÅB
når de lover dem frihet, men selv er slaver av fordervelsen; for den som er beseiret av noe, er slave av det.
OTB
lover dem frihet mens de selv er slaver av korrupsjon; for av hva som enn overvinner en person, av dette er de slaver.
B1930
idet de lover dem frihet, de som selv er vanartens træler; for det som en ligger under for, det er han og blitt træl av.

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Cross references

  • John 8:34

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

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  • Romans 6:16–22

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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  • Galatians 5:13

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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  • Galatians 5:1

    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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  • 1 Peter 2:16

    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

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  • Titus 3:3

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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  • Romans 6:12–14

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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  • Jeremiah 23:9

    As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

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