John 8:33-34
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33 They answered him, (A)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (B)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin.
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1 John 3:6-8
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6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; (A)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, (B)let no one deceive you. (C)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 (D)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was (E)to destroy the works of the devil.
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Romans 6:16-18
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16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves (A)to anyone as obedient slaves,[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But (B)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (C)standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, (D)having been set free from sin, (E)have become slaves of righteousness.
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- Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20
2 Corinthians 3:17
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17 Now the Lord[a] is the Spirit, and where (A)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (B)freedom.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:17 Or this Lord
2 Peter 2:19
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19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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