Romans 6:20

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

In Context

19(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

21So what fruit did you have at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end result of those things is death.

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Cross References

John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

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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