Romans 6:20
For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.
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- Rom 6:16-17 : 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves [as] servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
- John 8:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
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- Rom 6:10-1910 verses90%
10 For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
13 neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves [as] servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
18 and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members [as] servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members [as] servants to righteousness unto sanctification.
- Rom 6:21-233 verses82%
21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Rom 6:6-72 verses77%
6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
7 for he that hath died is justified from sin.
- Rom 7:4-63 verses76%
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
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16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
- Gal 4:7-93 verses74%
7 So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
8 Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
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2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
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19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
- 1 Cor 7:21-233 verses72%
21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.
22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.
23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
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36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
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13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
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11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
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17 But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
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24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
- Rom 6:1-22 verses69%
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
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20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
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18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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1 And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
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5 Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
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7 wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;
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21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
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9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
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3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
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7 with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
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9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
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19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.
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31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
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30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: