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Romans 6:18

SalvationJusticeNew life and rebirth

16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

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Compare

BSB
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
KJV
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
WEB
Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
ASV
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
DARBY
Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.
BLB
Now having been set free from sin, you⁺ became slaves to righteousness.
ÅB
Men når dere er blitt frigjort fra synden, er dere trådt inn i rettferdighetens tjeneste.
OTB
Dere ble frigjort fra synden og ble tjenere for rettferdigheten.
B1930
Men idet I er blitt frigjort fra synden, er I trådt i rettferdighetens tjeneste.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 6:22

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

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  • Galatians 5:1

    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • John 8:32

    Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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  • Romans 6:7

    For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

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  • Isaiah 54:17

    No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

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  • Romans 6:14

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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  • 1 Peter 2:16

    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

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