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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

Context of Romans 6:18

16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19I am using an example from everyday life 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 leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.

Romans 6:18 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beingἐλευθερόωeleutheroō · to set freeG1659
• thenδέde · thenG1161
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• sinὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• ye became the servantsδουλόωdouloō · to enslaveG1402
• of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343

Cross-references for Romans 6:18

• Romans 6:14For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
• Psalms 116:16Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
• Psalms 119:32I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
• Luke 1:74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
• John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:21Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
• Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
• 1 Peter 2:16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
• Romans 6:19I am using an example from everyday life 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 leading to holiness.
• Isaiah 26:13Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
• Isaiah 54:17no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication 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

In the dictionaries

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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