Romans 6:16
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16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves (A)to anyone as obedient slaves,[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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- Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20
Romans 6:16
New International Version
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(A)—whether you are slaves to sin,(B) which leads to death,(C) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
John 8:34
English Standard Version
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin.
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John 8:34
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34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.(A)
2 Peter 2:19
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19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
2 Peter 2:19
New International Version
19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(A)
Joshua 24:15
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Joshua 24:15
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15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(A) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(B) we will serve the Lord.”(C)
Matthew 6:24
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24 (A)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (B)money.[a]
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- Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
Matthew 6:24
New International Version
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
Romans 6:12-13
English Standard Version
12 Let not (A)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 (B)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but (C)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
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Romans 6:12-13
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12 Therefore do not let sin reign(A) in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(B) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(C)
Romans 6:19-23
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19 (A)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For (B)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members (C)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 (D)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (E)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things (F)of which you are now ashamed? (G)For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you (H)have been set free from sin and (I)have become slaves of God, (J)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and (K)its end, eternal life. 23 (L)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 6:19-23
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19 I am using an example from everyday life(A) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(B) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(C) you were free from the control of righteousness.(D) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(E) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(F) and have become slaves of God,(G) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(H) 23 For the wages of sin is death,(I) but the gift of God is eternal life(J) in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 6:17
English Standard Version
17 But (A)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (B)standard of teaching to which you were committed,
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Romans 6:17
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17 But thanks be to God(A) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(B) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(C) that has now claimed your allegiance.
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