John 8:35
33 “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
- KJV
- And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
- WEB
- A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
- ASV
- And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.
- DARBY
- Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.
- BLB
- Now the slave does not remain in the house to the age; the son remains to the age.
- ÅB
- Men slaven blir ikke i huset til evig tid; sønnen blir der til evig tid.
- OTB
- Nå har en slave ikke en varig plass i familien, men en sønn tilhører den for alltid.
- B1930
- Men trælen blir ikke i huset til evig tid; sønnen blir der til evig tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 4:4–7
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextLuke 15:31
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
Read in contextGenesis 21:10
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
Read in contextRomans 8:15–17
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Read in contextGalatians 4:30–31
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Read in contextEzekiel 46:17
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
Read in contextHebrews 3:5–6
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
Read in context1 Peter 1:2–5
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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