Romans 6:16

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Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

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  • John 8:34 : 34 Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
  • Rom 6:12-13 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
  • Rom 6:19-23 : 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. 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death. 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. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  • Rom 6:17-23
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    17But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.

    18Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

    19I 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.

    20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

    21But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

    22But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.

    23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Rom 6:10-15
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    10For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

    11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

    13Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.

    14For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.

    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

  • Eph 6:5-8
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    5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

    6Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

    7Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

    8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

  • 1 Cor 7:22-23
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    22For 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.

    23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

  • John 8:34
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    34Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

  • Rom 6:6-7
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    6We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

  • Gal 4:7-9
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    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

    8But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.

    9But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?

  • Rom 7:5-6
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

  • Col 3:22-24
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    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

    23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people.

    24Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.

  • Rom 6:1-3
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    1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

    2Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

    3Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

  • 2 Cor 10:6
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    6And we are ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching are not slandered.

    2Those who have believing masters should not disregard them because they are brothers; instead, they should serve them even more, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Teach and encourage these things.

  • 1 Cor 6:19-20
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    19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

    20You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.

  • Rom 7:1
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    1Do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person as long as they live?

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.

  • Rom 8:12-13
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

  • Col 4:1
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    1Masters, treat your servants with justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

  • Rom 8:2
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

  • Rom 5:21
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    21So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.