John 8:34
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
- KJV
- Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- WEB
- Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
- ASV
- Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
- DARBY
- Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
- BLB
- Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you⁺ that everyone who [is] doing sin is a slave of sin.
- ÅB
- Jesus svarte dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Hver den som gjør synd, er syndens slave.
- OTB
- Jesus svarte, “Sannelig, sannelig sier Jeg dere, enhver som synder er en slave av synd.
- B1930
- Jesus svarte dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Hver den som gjør synd, er syndens træl.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Read in context2 Peter 2:19
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.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in context1 John 3:8–10
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Read in contextRomans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Read in contextRomans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Read in contextTitus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read in contextRomans 6:19–20
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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