Ἰωάννην 8:34

Greek Modern Translation

Απεκριθη προς αυτους ο Ιησους· Αληθως, αληθως σας λεγω οτι πας οστις πραττει την αμαρτιαν δουλος ειναι της αμαρτιας.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι πας ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν δουλος εστιν της αμαρτιας

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν δοῦλός ἐστιν τῆς ἁμαρτίας·

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν δοῦλός ἐστιν τῆς ἁμαρτίας.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι πας ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν δουλος εστιν της αμαρτιας

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι πας ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν δουλος εστιν της αμαρτιας

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Verily: John 3:3, Matthew 5:18

Whosoever: 1 Kings 21:25, Proverbs 5:22, Acts 8:23, Romans 6:6, Romans 6:12, Romans 6:16, Romans 6:19, Romans 6:20, Romans 7:14, Romans 7:25, Romans 8:21, Ephesians 2:2, Titus 3:3, 2 Peter 2:19, 1 John 3:8-10

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:25 - Cursed John 1:51 - Verily John 8:58 - Verily Romans 7:21 - a law

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them, verily verily I say unto you,.... Taking no notice of their civil liberty, to which he could easily have replied to their confusion and silence, he observes to them their moral servitude and bondage, and in the strongest manner affirms, that

whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin; which must be understood, not of one that commits a single act of sin, though ever so gross, as did Noah, Lot, David, Peter, and others, who yet were not the servants of sin; or of such who sin through ignorance, weakness of the flesh, and the power of Satan's temptations, and especially who commit sin with reluctance, the spirit lusting against it; nor indeed of any regenerate persons, though they are not without sin; nor do they live without the commission of it, in thought, word, or deed; and though they fall into it, they do not continue and live in it, but rise up out of it, through the grace of God, and by true repentance; and so are not to be reckoned the servants of sin, or to be of the devil. But this is to be understood of such whose bias and bent of their minds are to sin; who give up themselves unto it, and sell themselves to work wickedness; who make sin their trade, business, and employment, and are properly workers of it, and take delight and pleasure in it: these, whatever liberty, they promise themselves, are the servants of corruption; they are under the government of sin, that has dominion over them; and they obey it in the lusts thereof, and are drudges and slaves unto it, and will have no other wages at last but death, even eternal death, if grace prevent not; see Romans 6:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever committeth sin ... - In this passage Jesus shows them that he did not refer to political bondage, but to the slavery of the soul to evil passions and desires.

Is the servant - Is the slave of sin. He is bound to it as a slave is to his master.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 34. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. — Or, δουλος εστι, c., is the slave of sin. This was the slavery of which Christ spoke and deliverance from it, was the liberty which he promised.