Romans 6:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse.

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  • Rom 6:16-17 : 16 Knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse? 17 But God be thanked, that ye haue beene the seruants of sinne, but yee haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, wherunto ye were deliuered.
  • John 8:34 : 34 Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.

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  • Rom 6:10-19
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    90%

    10For in that hee died, hee died once to sinne but in that he liueth, he liueth to God.

    11Likewise thinke ye also, that ye are dead to sin, but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord.

    12Let not sinne reigne therefore in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in ye lusts therof:

    13Neither giue ye your members, as weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sinne: but giue your selues vnto God, as they that are aliue from the dead, and giue your members as weapons of righteousnesse vnto God.

    14For sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you: for ye are not vnder ye Lawe, but vnder grace.

    15What then? shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.

    16Knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?

    17But God be thanked, that ye haue beene the seruants of sinne, but yee haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, wherunto ye were deliuered.

    18Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.

    19I speake after the maner of man, because of the infirmitie of your flesh: for as yee haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie, to commit iniquitie, so now giue your mebers seruants vnto righteousnesse in holinesse.

  • Rom 6:21-23
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    21What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.

    22But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.

    23For the wages of sinne is death: but the gift of God is eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

  • Rom 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sinne might be destroied, that henceforth we should not serue sinne.

    7For he that is dead, is freed from sinne.

  • Rom 7:4-6
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    4So yee, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by ye body of Christ, that ye should be vnto an other, euen vnto him that is raised vp from the dead, that we should bring foorth fruite vnto God.

    5For when we were in ye flesh, the affections of sinnes, which were by the Law, had force in our members, to bring foorth fruit vnto death.

    6But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

  • Gal 4:7-9
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    7Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.

    8But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:

    9But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?

  • Rom 8:2
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    2For the Lawe of the Spirite of life, which is in Christ Iesus, hath freed mee from the lawe of sinne and of death.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19Promising vnto them libertie, & are themselues the seruants of corruption: for of whomsoeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.

    23Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.

  • John 8:36
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    36If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.

  • John 8:34
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    34Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but yee are washed, but yee are sanctified, but yee are iustified in the Name of the Lorde Iesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,

  • Gal 5:4
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    4Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.

  • Rom 6:1-2
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    1What shall we say then? Shall we continue still in sinne, that grace may abounde? God forbid.

    2Howe shall we, that are dead to sinne, liue yet therein?

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Gal 5:18
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    18And if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not vnder the Lawe.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,

  • Eph 6:5
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    5Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare & trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,

  • Col 3:7
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    7Wherein ye also walked once, when ye liued in them.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, which knewe no sinne, that we should be made the righteousnesse of God in him.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

  • Gal 4:3
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    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.

  • Rom 7:9
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    9For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,

  • Rom 5:19
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    19For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners, so by that obedience of that one shall many also be made righteous.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption,