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the son remains forever. <a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever. <a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now the slave does not abide in the house to the age; the son abides to the age. <a href="/kjv/john/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. <a href="/nkjv/john/8.htm">New King James Version</a> And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. <a href="/nasb_/john/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. <a href="/nasb/john/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. <a href="/nasb77/john/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. <a href="/lsb/john/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. <a href="/amp/john/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever. <a href="/csb/john/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. <a href="/hcsb/john/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. <a href="/asv/john/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. <a href="/cev/john/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And slaves don't stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. <a href="/erv/john/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. <a href="/gwt/john/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A slave doesn't live in the home forever, but a son does. <a href="/gnt/john/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> A slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever. <a href="/isv/john/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever. <a href="/msb/john/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever. <a href="/net/john/8.htm">NET Bible</a> The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. <a href="/nheb/john/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A slave does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever. <a href="/wbt/john/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth for ever. <a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does. <a href="/web/john/8.htm">World English Bible</a> A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the servant does not remain in the house—throughout the age, the Son remains—throughout the age; <a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now the slave does not abide in the house to the age; the son abides to the age. <a href="/ylt/john/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age; <a href="/slt/john/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the servant remains not in the house forever; the Son remains forever.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever; but the son abideth for ever. <a href="/cpdv/john/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now the slave does not abide in the house for eternity. Yet the Son does abide in eternity. <a href="/nabre/john/8.htm">New American Bible</a> A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. <a href="/nrsvce/john/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And a servant does not remain in the house forever, but the son remains forever. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And a servant does not always remain in the house, but a son always remains.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> The servant continues not in the house forever; but the Son continues forever. <a href="/godbey/john/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>But the slave abides not in the house forever; the Son abides forever.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But the slave abideth not in the family for ever: but the son abideth for ever. <a href="/mace/john/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> a slave has no right to be in the house for life: but the son is settled there. <a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does. <a href="/worrell/john/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And the slave abides not in the house forever; the son abides forever.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Now the servant does not continue always in the family: but the Son abideth always.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/8-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2977" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">The Truth will Set You Free</a> …34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1401.htm" title="1401: doulos (N-NMS) -- (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.">A slave</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">is not</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōna (N-AMS) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">a permanent</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menei (V-PIA-3S) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">member</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3614.htm" title="3614: oikia (N-DFS) -- From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family.">family,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">but a</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">son</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menei (V-PIA-3S) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">belongs to it</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōna (N-AMS) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">forever.</a> 36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/4-30.htm">Galatians 4:30</a> But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15-17</a> For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. / And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a> But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast. <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Galatians 4:6-7</a> And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” / So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God. <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1-2</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. / Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19</a> Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, <a href="/hebrews/12-7.htm">Hebrews 12:7-8</a> Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? / If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. <a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Romans 6:16-18</a> Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? / But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. / You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a> Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10</a> and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!” <a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2-6</a> If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. / If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. / If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. ... <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39-41</a> If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. / Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. / Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers. <a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">2 Samuel 7:14</a> I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. <a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm">Isaiah 56:5</a> I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the servant stays not in the house for ever: but the Son stays ever.the servant.<a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10</a> Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.<a href="/ezekiel/46-17.htm">Ezekiel 46:17</a> But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.<a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Matthew 21:41-43</a> They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons… but.<a href="/john/14-19.htm">John 14:19,20</a> Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also… <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15-17,29,30</a> For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father… <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-7</a> But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-56.htm">Abides</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Abideth</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Age</a> <a href="/john/3-31.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/john/8-34.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/john/8-34.htm">Bondservant</a> <a href="/john/8-31.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/matthew/28-15.htm">Continues</a> <a href="/john/7-42.htm">Family</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/john/7-53.htm">House</a> <a href="/john/7-35.htm">Live</a> <a href="/luke/22-61.htm">Master's</a> <a href="/joshua/8-28.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">Permanently</a> <a href="/john/8-34.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/john/8-34.htm">Slave</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/12-34.htm">Abides</a> <a href="/john/12-24.htm">Abideth</a> <a href="/john/8-51.htm">Age</a> <a href="/john/8-47.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/john/13-16.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Bondservant</a> <a href="/john/15-4.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/john/15-5.htm">Continues</a> <a href="/acts/4-6.htm">Family</a> <a href="/john/12-34.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/john/8-38.htm">House</a> <a href="/acts/2-26.htm">Live</a> <a href="/john/15-15.htm">Master's</a> <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm">Permanently</a> <a href="/john/10-12.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/john/13-16.htm">Slave</a><div class="vheading2">John 8</div>1. <a href="/john/8-1.htm">Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.</a> 12. <a href="/john/8-12.htm">He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;</a> 31. <a href="/john/8-31.htm">promises freedom to those who believe;</a> 33. <a href="/john/8-33.htm">answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;</a> 48. <a href="/john/8-48.htm">answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;</a> 59. <a href="/john/8-59.htm">and slips away from those who would stone him.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>A slave does not remain in the house forever In the cultural context of the first-century Roman world, slaves were considered property and had no permanent place in a household. They could be sold or dismissed at the master's discretion. This reflects the temporary and insecure status of a slave, contrasting with the permanence of a family member. Biblically, this can be seen as an allegory for those who are enslaved to sin, as Jesus discusses earlier in <a href="/john/8-34.htm">John 8:34</a>. The concept of slavery to sin is also echoed in <a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Romans 6:16-18</a>, where Paul speaks of being slaves to righteousness instead of sin. The temporary nature of a slave's position highlights the transient and unstable nature of living outside of God's family.but a son remains forever In contrast to a slave, a son has a permanent place in the family. This reflects the Jewish understanding of inheritance and family rights, where a son, especially the firstborn, had a secure and lasting position. This phrase emphasizes the security and permanence of being a child of God. In <a href="/galatians/4-7.htm">Galatians 4:7</a>, Paul writes about believers being no longer slaves but sons, and if sons, then heirs through God. This connection to sonship is a key theme in the New Testament, where believers are adopted into God's family through faith in Christ (<a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15-17</a>). The permanence of a son in the household symbolizes the eternal security and inheritance believers have in Christ, contrasting with the impermanence of those who are not part of God's family.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing the Jews and teaching about spiritual freedom and sonship. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a> The audience to whom Jesus is speaking, particularly those who believed in Him but struggled with understanding His teachings on freedom and slavery. 3. <a href="/topical/s/slavery.htm">Slavery</a> A metaphorical concept used by Jesus to describe the bondage of sin and the lack of true freedom outside of Him. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sonship.htm">Sonship</a> Represents the permanent and secure relationship believers have with God through Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_family_of_god.htm">The Family of God</a> The spiritual household to which believers belong, contrasting with the temporary status of a slave.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_slavery_and_freedom.htm">Understanding Spiritual Slavery and Freedom</a> Recognize that sin enslaves, and only through Jesus can one experience true freedom and become a permanent member of God's family. <a href="/topical/t/the_permanence_of_sonship.htm">The Permanence of Sonship</a> Embrace the security and permanence of being a child of God, which is not based on our works but on our relationship with Jesus. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> Live out your identity as a son or daughter of God, understanding that this status is eternal and unchanging. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus_in_our_adoption.htm">The Role of Jesus in Our Adoption</a> Acknowledge Jesus as the one who grants us access to the family of God, making us heirs with Him. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_part_of_god's_family.htm">Living as Part of God's Family</a> Engage with the community of believers, understanding that as sons and daughters, we are called to love and serve one another.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 8</a> <a href="/q/who_is_timothy_keller's_impact.htm">Am I assured of my salvation?</a> <a href="/q/total_count_on_noah's_ark.htm">What does 'Passed from Death to Life' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_proverbs_20_1.htm">What does 'free indeed' mean in John 8:36?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) And the servant abideth not.--Better, Now the bondman abideth not . . ., as in the last verse.The Son abideth ever.--Better, for ever, as in the earlier clause. The Greek words are precisely the same. This contrast between the position of the slave, who is a chattel that may be bought or bartered or sold, and has no affinity with the members of the house, and no permanent right in it; and the son, in whose veins is the master's blood, and who is heir of all things, is obvious and general; but here, again, the present meaning is special. They claim to be the seed of Abraham. Did they remember the history of Isaac and Ishmael? The son of the freewoman abideth in the house; the son of the bondmaid is cast out. Here, once again, too, we have the pupil of Gamaliel taking up and expanding this thought, showing that it was within the range of current exposition. Read carefully <a href="/context/galatians/4-19.htm" title="My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,">Galatians 4:19-31</a>, remembering that the Epistle belongs to the middle of the half-century which separates the utterance of these words by Christ from their record by St. John.The Greek word for "abideth" is the word which is rendered "continue" in <a href="/john/8-31.htm" title="Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;">John 8:31</a>, and the Authorised version further obscures the connection by placing a paragraph division between these verses. If we read again <a href="/context/john/8-31.htm" title="Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;">John 8:31-32</a>, noting the close connection between abiding, truth, and freedom; and the next verses, <a href="/context/john/8-35.htm" title="And the servant stays not in the house for ever: but the Son stays ever.">John 8:35-36</a>, noting the connection between abiding, the Son, and freedom, we shall have, it is believed, a simpler clue to the meaning than any of the usual explanations.Our version misleads by the use of the capital. The word "Son" in this verse, should be read "son." The clause is the expression of a legal maxim holding good for all servants and for all sons, but here specially applied to the sonship in Abraham's household. It is not before the next verse that there is the transference of thought to the Son in the household of the Divine Father. In this verse the thought is that if they were really the children of Abraham they would be of Abraham's spiritual nature, abiding in his home, and inheriting the promises made to him. They had not continued in the spiritual freedom of sons, but had departed from the house and had become, spiritually, bondmen. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 35. - This being the fact as to sin and its servitude, the Lord proceeds to deal with servitude in God's house. Servitude and its spirit are manifested in the house of the Father. The bond slave abideth not in the house forever. So long as he is a bond slave and not emancipated from the fetters of mere race, so long as he is ruled by the servile spirit, there is no perpetuity about his relation to the Father. He can be sold away (<a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-30.htm">Galatians 4:30</a>). An involuntary subject of the Law, who belongs to the theocracy as a slave merely, and because he cannot help himself, and occupies a position which a slave does in the family of sin, has lost all freedom and spontaneity in his service, and will find himself cast out at last. But the son abideth forever. Sonship is the only principle on which continuance in the house can be secured. It has been much debated whether the ὁ υἱός of the thirty-fifth verse goes beyond the idea of sonship, the generic antithesis to the idea of slave. Certainly this seems the primary reference. In the following verse, the Son, in his loftiest functions, and as identifying himself with "the truth" of ver. 32, entirely fulfils the conception of "Sonship" and eternal abiding in the Father's house, and therefore is entrusted with the power of emancipating all slaves, of adopting sons into the Father's royal house. Thus we may suppose that the first use of the term "son," though laying special emphasis on the spirit and conditions of sonship, yet points to him who entirely embodies, enshrines, and has from before all worlds realized the Divine idea of Son - the only begotten Son - in the bosom of the Father. <a href="/commentaries/john/8-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>A slave δοῦλος (doulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1401.htm">Strong's 1401: </a> (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. {is} not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. a permanent αἰῶνα (aiōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. member μένει (menei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. of ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. family, οἰκίᾳ (oikia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3614.htm">Strong's 3614: </a> From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family. [but] a ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. son υἱὸς (huios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. belongs [to it] μένει (menei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. forever. αἰῶνα (aiōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/8-35.htm">John 8:35 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/8-35.htm">NT Gospels: John 8:35 A bondservant doesn't live in the house (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/8-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 8:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 8:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/8-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 8:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 8:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>