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John 8:34 Cross-References
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“Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
John 8:34 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 8:34
Verily, verily, I say unto you—The double ἀμὴν ἀμήν (amēn amēn) introduces solemn, authoritative truth. Jesus uses this formula 25 times in John's Gospel to preface critical revelations. This isn't opinion or suggestion but divine declaration demanding absolute acceptance.Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin—The Greek present participle ποιῶν (poiōn, 'committing/practicing') indicates habitual, ongoing action, not occasional failure. This is lifestyle, not lapse. The word 'servant' translates δοῦλος (doulos)—not hired worker with rights and freedoms, but slave owned as property. The ...
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Cross-References for John 8:34
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“his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death”
“while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.”
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself”
“for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed”
“that you should obey it in its lusts.”
“that our old man was crucified with him”
“disobedient”
“for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness”
“according to the prince of the powers of the air”
“our Lord! So then with the mind”