Romans 6:16
Don't you realize that if you make yourselves someone's slaves, obeying their orders, then you are slaves to the one you obey? If you are slaves of sin, the result is death; if you obey God, the result is you are made right with him.
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15So then, should we sin because we're not under law, but under grace? Of course not!
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters. Either you'll hate one and love the other, or you'll be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Money.
John 8:34Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
Romans 6:17Thank God that though you once were slaves to sin, you whole-heartedly chose to follow the truth about God that you learned.
2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, even though they themselves are slaves to depravity. “You are a slave to whatever conquers you.”
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 →