Verse 18

and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end 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 life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
  • Rom 6:7 : 7 (For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
  • Rom 6:19-20 : 19 (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members 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 really free.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.
  • Ps 119:45 : 45 I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
  • 1 Cor 7:21-22 : 21 Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity. 22 For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.