Joshua 24:15

15 aAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, bchoose this day whom you will serve, whether cthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or dthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. eBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Matthew 6:24

24 f“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and gmoney.
Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions


John 8:34

34Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, ieveryone who practices sin is a slave
Greek bondservant; also verse 35
to sin.

Romans 6:13

13 kDo not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but lpresent yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

2 Peter 2:19

19They promise them mfreedom, nbut they themselves are slaves
Greek bondservants
of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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