Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Bible References
Whosoever
1 Kings 21:25
There certainly was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you are provoked by bitterness and bound by sin.”
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 7:14
We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant—carnal and unspiritual], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control].
Romans 8:21
that the creation itself will also be freed from its bondage to decay [and gain entrance] into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Titus 3:3
For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.
1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned and violated God’s law from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.