Romans 6:18

Romans 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
• New International Version (NIV)You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Context of Romans 6:18

16Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. 19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. 20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness.

Romans 6:18 word by word

Ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.¶Read the interlinear

• freedἐλευθερόωeleutheroō · to set freeG1659
• from sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• you becameδουλόωdouloō · to enslaveG1402
• to righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343

Cross-references for Romans 6:18

• Romans 6:14For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace.
• Psalms 116:16O Lord, I surely am Your slave, I am Your slave, the son of Your female slave, You have unfastened my restraints.
• Psalms 119:32I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart.
• Luke 1:74To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Would serve Him without fear,
• John 8:32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:21Were you called as a slave? Do not let it concern you. But if you are also able to become free, take advantage of that.
• Galatians 5:1It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
• 1 Peter 2:16Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
• Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
• Isaiah 26:13Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we confess Your name.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Romans 6:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Being then made free from sin - is a term that refers to the manumission of a slave. They were redeemed from the slavery of sin, and became the servants of righteousness. Here is another prosopopoeia: both sin and righteousness are personified: sin can enjoin no good and profitable work; righteousness can require none that is unjust or injurious.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18“Being then made free from sin.” That is, as a master. You are not under its dominion; you are no longer its slaves. They were made free, as a servant is who is set at liberty, and who is, therefore, no longer under obligation to obey. Ye became the servants … - You became voluntarily under the dominion of righteousness; you yielded yourselves to it; and are therefore bound to be holy; compare the note at John 8:32.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 Every man is the servant of the master to whose commands he yields himself; whether it be the sinful dispositions of his heart, in actions which lead to death, or the new and spiritual obedience implanted by regeneration. The apostle rejoiced now they obeyed from the heart the gospel, into which they were delivered as into a mould. As the same metal becomes a new vessel, when melted and recast in another mould, so the believer has become a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Being then--"And being"; it is the continuation and conclusion of the preceding sentence; not a new one. made free from Sin, ye became the servants of--"servants to" Righteousness--The case is one of emancipation from entire servitude to one Master to entire servitude to another, whose property we are (see on Ro 1:1). There is no middle state of personal independence; for which we were never made, and to which we have no claim. When we would not that…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:18

• Holiness
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Servant

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Commentaries on Romans 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings