Romans 6:18

And when you were made free from sin, you became obedient to righteousness.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But praise to Aloha that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine to which you have been delivered.

19As among men I speak, because of the infirmity of your flesh, that as you have prepared your members for the service of uncleanness and of iniquity, so also now prepare ye your members for the service of righteousness and of holiness.

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Cross References

Luke 1:74That to us he would grant That, being delivered from the hand of our adversaries, Without fear we might serve before him

John 8:36If He therefore, the Son, shall liberate you, truly shall you be sons of freedom.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not rule over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:22And now made free from sin, and become servants to Aloha, you have holy fruits, of which the end is the life of eternity.

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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