Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are

³¹ To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching,^(A) you are really my disciples. ³² Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”^(B)

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.^(A)

³⁶ So if the Son sets you free,^(A) you will be free indeed.

¹⁸ You have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves to righteousness.^(B)

²² But now that you have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves of God,^(B) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.^(C)

⁷ But if we walk in the light,^(A) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[a] sin.^(B)