Romans 6:18

Being then set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness.

Revised King James New Testament

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 you who were once the slaves of sin, have obeyed from the heart that standard of teaching which was entrusted to you.

19I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness and to ever increasing iniquity; so now yield your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to holiness.

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Cross References

Luke 1:74That he would grant to us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,

John 8:36If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:22But now, having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you gain the benefit that leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

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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