2 Peter 2:19

promising them liberty, when they themselves are servants of corruption; for by whatever a man is overcome, to this is he made a servant.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.

Galatians 5:13

For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Romans 6:12-14

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,

Romans 6:16-22

Know you not that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin in death or of obedience in righteousness?

Galatians 5:1

STAND firm in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again subject to a yoke of servitude.

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they may recover themselves from the snare of the devil, who are made captives by him to his will.

Titus 3:3

For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;

1 Peter 2:16

as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God.

2 Peter 2:20

For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is worse than the first.

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Summary

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.

They themselves

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Bible References

They promise

Galatians 5:1
STAND firm in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again subject to a yoke of servitude.
1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God.

They themselves

John 8:34
Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.
Romans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,
Titus 3:3
For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;

Overcome

2 Peter 2:20
For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is worse than the first.
2 Timothy 2:26
and that they may recover themselves from the snare of the devil, who are made captives by him to his will.

General references

Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Luke 17:32
remember Lot's wife.