Romans 6:18

And having been freed from sin, we have become servants of justice.

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In The King James Version

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

In Context

17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be the servants of sin, now you have been obedient from the heart to the very form of the doctrine into which you have been received.

19I am speaking in human terms because of the infirmity of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of your body to serve impurity and iniquity, for the sake of iniquity, so also have you now yielded the parts of your body to serve justice, for the sake of sanctification.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:13O Lord our God, other lords have possessed us apart from you, but in you alone let us remember your name.

Luke 1:74so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,

John 8:36Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.

Romans 6:14For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:22Yet truly, having been freed now from sin, and having been made servants of God, you hold your fruit in sanctification, and truly its end is eternal life.

Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23

On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →

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