Romans 6:16
Know ye not that, unto whom ye are presenting yourselves as servants for obedience, servants ye are unto [him unto] whom ye are obedient, whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under favour? Far be it!
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.
John 8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you: Every one who committeth sin, is, a slave, [of sin:]
Romans 6:17But thanks be unto God, that—whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient out of the heart unto the mould of teaching into which ye were delivered;
2 Peter 2:19Promising, freedom to them, they themselves, being all the while, slaves of corruption,—for, by whom one hath been defeated, by the same, hath he become enslaved,—
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 →