Verse 18

Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

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  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
  • John 8:32 : 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
  • Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  • Rom 6:7 : 7 For the one who has died has been freed from sin.
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
  • Rom 6:19-20 : 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
  • John 8:36 : 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You have broadened my heart.
  • Ps 119:45 : 45 I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone we honor.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, declares the Lord.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, would serve Him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
  • 1 Cor 7:21-22 : 21 Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.