Romans 6:19

Purity Sin Obedience

¹⁷ But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

¹⁸ Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

²⁰ For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
WEB: I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
ASV: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members [as] servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members [as] servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
DARBY: I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.
BLB: I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your⁺ flesh. For just as you⁺ presented your⁺ members [as] slaves to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now present your⁺ members [as] slaves to righteousness unto sanctification.

ÅB: Jeg snakker på menneskelig vis på grunn av hvor skrøpelig kjøttet deres er. For slik som dere bød lemmene deres fram som tjenere for urenheten og urettferdigheten til urettferdighet, slik skal dere nå by lemmene deres fram som tjenere for rettferdigheten til helliggjørelse!
OTB: Jeg taler på menneskelig vis på grunn av deres kjøds skrøpelighet. For likesom dere før bød frem deres lemmer som tjenere for urenhet og lovløshet til lovløshet, så by nå frem deres lemmer som tjenere for rettferdighet til helliggjørelse.
B1930: Jeg taler på menneskelig vis for eders kjøds skrøpelighets skyld. For likesom I bød eders lemmer frem som tjenere for urenheten og urettferdigheten til urettferdighet, således by nu eders lemmer frem som tjenere for rettferdigheten til helliggjørelse!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
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1 Peter 4:2–4
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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Colossians 3:5–7
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Ephesians 2:2–3
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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Romans 6:16–17
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
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Galatians 3:15
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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