Romans 6:18

and being made free from sin, ye became the bondmen of righteousness.

Noyes Bible

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 ye were the bondmen of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching which was delivered to you;

19I speak in a way common among men on account of the weakness of your flesh. For as ye once yielded your members as slaves to impurity and to iniquity, in order to commit iniquity, so now yield your members as bondmen to righteousness in order to become holy.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:32I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Isaiah 26:13O Jehovah, our God, other lords have had dominion over us besides thee; Only through thee do we call upon thy name.

Luke 1:74to grant to us, that being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we might worship him without fear,

John 8:36If therefore the Son make you free, ye will be free indeed.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not hold dominion over you; for ye are not under the Law, but under grace.

Romans 6:22But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.

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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