Romans 6:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
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“You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Romans 6:18 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
- Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
- Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
- Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Luke 1:74deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- Romans 6:7For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
- Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- 1 Corinthians 7:21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
- Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- 1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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