Romans 6:16
God forbid! Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves servants to obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey? either of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace?
Cross References
Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon:
John 8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, whosoever maketh a practice of sin, is the servant of sin.
Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that ye who were servants of sin, have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you:
2 Peter 2:19promising them liberty, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for by whom any one is vanquished, by him he is also 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 →