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? 17 But (B)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the (C)standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, (D)having been set free from sin, (E)have become slaves of righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20

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