Romans 6:16
Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves is the one to which you are obedient, the one you must obey? This is true whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or slaves to obedience which leads to righteousness.
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In Context
15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Romans 6:17But thanks be to God! For you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching that you were given.
2 Peter 2:19They promise freedom to them, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For a man is a slave to whatever overcomes him.
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 →