Romans 6:18

You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.

19your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.

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Cross References

Luke 1:74To grant us to be rescued from the power of our foes And so render worship to Him free from fear,

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

Romans 6:14For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.

Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

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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