Romans 6:15-19
Legacy Standard Bible
Slaves of Righteousness
15 What then? (A)Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? (B)May it never be! 16 Do you not (C)know that when you go on presenting yourselves to someone as (D)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of (E)sin [a]leading to death, or of obedience [b]leading to righteousness? 17 But (F)thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that (G)pattern of teaching to which you were (H)given over, 18 and having been (I)freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 (J)I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just (K)as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [c]leading to further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, [d]leading to sanctification.
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- Romans 6:16 Lit to death
- Romans 6:16 Lit to righteousness
- Romans 6:19 Lit to lawlessness
- Romans 6:19 Lit to sanctification
Romans 6:15-19
Revised Standard Version
Slaves of Righteousness
15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, 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 thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.
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