Romans 6:17
But I thank God, that (once) ye were servants of sin; but ye have obeyed of heart into that form of teaching, in which ye be betaken. (But I thank God, that before ye were servants of sin; but now ye have obeyed with your heart that form of teaching, which was delivered unto you, or unto which ye be delivered.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
18And ye delivered from sin, be made (the) servants of rightwiseness.
Cross References
Ezra 7:27And Ezra, the writer, said, Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, that gave this thing in the heart of the king (or who put this counsel in the king’s heart), that he should glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,
Matthew 11:25In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready, [or wary, or prudent, or sly], (or for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent), and hast showed them to little children;
Acts 28:15And from thence, when brethren had heard, they came to us to the chapping of Appii, and to the Three Taverns. And when Paul had seen them, he did thankings to God, and took trust. (And from there, when the brothers had heard, they came to meet us at the market, or at the city square, of Appii, and to the Three Taverns. And when Paul had seen them, he gave thanks to God, and took trust.)
Romans 1:8First I do thankings to my God (or First I give thanks to my God), by Jesus Christ, for all (of) you, for your faith is showed in all the world.
Romans 15:18For I dare not speak anything of those things, which Christ doeth not by me, into obedience of (the) heathen men, in word and deeds, (For I dare not say anything about those things, which the Messiah doeth not by me, to bring the Gentiles into obedience to God, by word and deed,)
1 Corinthians 1:4I do thankings to my God (for)evermore for you, in the grace of God that is given to you in Christ Jesus. (I give thanks always to my God for you, for the grace of God which is given to you in the Messiah Jesus.)
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 →