Romans 6:18

Amplified Bible

And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God's will and purpose].

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to what is right.

Revised Standard Version
and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye are then made fre from synne and are be come the servauntes of rightewesnes.

Hebrew Names Version
Being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

International Standard Version
And since you have been freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.John 8:32; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Galatians 5:1; 1 Peter 2:16;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

New Century Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.

Update Bible Version
and being made free from sin, you were made a slave to righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

English Standard Version
and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

World English Bible
Being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Being then set free from sin, ye are become the servants of righteousness.

Weymouth's New Testament
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riytwisnesse.

English Revised Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God.

American Standard Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

Bible in Basic English
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

Complete Jewish Bible
and after you had been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Darby Translation
Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

Etheridge Translation
And when you were made free from sin, you became obedient to righteousness.

Murdock Translation
And when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.

King James Version (1611)
Being then made free from sinne, yee became the seruants of righteousnesse.

New Living Translation
Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

New Life Bible
You were made free from the power of sin. Being right with God has power over you now.

New Revised Standard
and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Now, being made free from sin, you become the servants of righteousness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, being freed from sin, ye were made servants unto righteousness; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.

Good News Translation
You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.

Christian Standard Bible®
and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

King James Version
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Lexham English Bible
and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Literal Translation
And having been set free from sin, you were enslaved to righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For now that ye are made fre from synue, ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
being then set free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

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

New King James Version
And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Ya don't work for sin no more. Now you're one of the Lord's hands.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Legacy Standard Bible
and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Contextual Overview

¹What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit so that [God's gift of] grace may increase and overflow? ²Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? ³Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? ⁴We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways]. ⁵For if we have become one with Him [permanently united] in the likeness of His death, we will also certainly be [one with Him and share fully] in the likeness of His resurrection. ⁶We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. ⁷For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin. ⁸Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him, ⁹because we know [the self-evident truth] that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. ¹⁰For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner's debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made: Romans 6:14, Psalms 116:16, Psalms 119:32, Psalms 119:45, Luke 1:74, Luke 1:75, John 8:32, John 8:36, 1 Corinthians 7:21, 1 Corinthians 7:22, Galatians 5:1, 1 Peter 2:16

servants: Romans 6:19, Romans 6:20, Romans 6:22, Isaiah 26:13, Isaiah 54:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - proclaim Leviticus 25:55 - my servants Deuteronomy 6:21 - General Deuteronomy 16:12 - General Deuteronomy 27:9 - this day Romans 8:2 - hath 1 Corinthians 9:27 - and Galatians 4:26 - free Galatians 5:13 - ye 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - effectually

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters.

Genesis 7:13
On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

Genesis 17:4
"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:7
"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant [My promise, My solemn pledge], I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."

Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [LORD'S] wrath is past.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Being then made free from sin,.... Not from a sinful nature; nor from a corrupt heart; nor from vain thoughts; nor from sinful words; nor from sinful actions altogether; but from the damning power of sin: sin brought all men under a sentence of condemnation; Christ has bore the execution of this sentence in himself for his people; hence, as considered in him, they are free from it; and such as are born again have passed from death to life, and shall never enter into condemnation: likewise, such persons are free from the guilt of sin; men are in a legal sense arraigned for sin, accused of it, and being convicted, are pronounced guilty before God; and awakened souls have a sense of it in themselves; but the blood of Christ sprinkled on their consciences frees them from it; though fresh sins committed bring fresh guilt, which requires the continual application of the blood of Jesus for pardon and cleansing: but what is chiefly designed here is freedom from the servitude of sin, as appears from the context. Now God's elect are not released voluntarily by their former masters; nor is their freedom obtained by their own power and will; but it is of God, Father, Son, and Spirit; and the Gospel is generally the means of it, and happy are those persons who are blessed with it! They are rid of a bad master; are freed from the worst of bondage; will be no more servants, as before; are delivered from the power, and out of the kingdom of darkness; are heirs of heaven, and shall enjoy the glorious liberty of the children of God: and for the time present are

become the servants of righteousness; servants to God, whose Gospel they obey; servants to Christ, whose righteousness they submit to; and servants to the law of righteousness, as held forth by Christ; they give up themselves to a course and life of righteousness, in which there are true honour, peace, and pleasure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Being then made free from sin.” That is, as a master. You are not under its dominion; you are no longer its slaves. They were made free, as a servant is who is set at liberty, and who is, therefore, no longer under obligation to obey.

Ye became the servants ... - You became voluntarily under the dominion of righteousness; you yielded yourselves to it; and are therefore bound to be holy; compare the note at John 8:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 6:18. Being then made free from sin — ελευθερωθεντες is a term that refers to the manumission of a slave. They were redeemed from the slavery of sin, and became the servants of righteousness. Here is another prosopopoeia: both sin and righteousness are personified: sin can enjoin no good and profitable work; righteousness can require none that is unjust or injurious.