Romans 6:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

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  • Rom 6:16-17 : 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
  • John 8:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

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    10For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

    11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

    12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

    13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

    14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

    15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

    16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

    17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

    18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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    21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

    22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Rom 6:6-7
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    6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

    7For he that is dead is freed from sin.

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    4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

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    16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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    1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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    7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

    8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

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    21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

    23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

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    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

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    13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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    4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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    18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

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    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

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    7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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    19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

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