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Romans 6:18

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holiness;   Regeneration;   Righteous;   Servant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Liberty;   Liberty-Bondage;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Righteousness;   Servants;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bondage, Spiritual;   Conduct, Christian;   Doctrines of the Gospel, the;   Liberty, Christian;   Redemption;   Righteousness;   Sin;   Titles and Names of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Flesh;   Freedom;   Obedience;   Paul;   Redemption;   Righteousness;   Self-discipline;   Servant;   Sin;   Slave;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Freedom;   Philippians, Theology of;   Servant, Service;   Spirituality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Son of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Antinomianism;   Flesh;   Freedom;   Human Free Will;   Romans, Book of;   Slave/servant;   Thanksgiving;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Liberty;   Redeemer, Redemption;   Repentance;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bondage;   Debt, Debtor;   Freedom of the Will;   Grace ;   Holiness Purity;   Liberty (2);   Regeneration;   Righteousness;   Sin;   Sin (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Liberty;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for December 22;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 28;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for October 9;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Bible in Basic English
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
Darby Translation
Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.
New King James Version
And having been set free from sin, you became 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--
King James Version (1611)
Being then made free from sinne, yee became the seruants of righteousnesse.
Literal Translation
And having been set free from sin, you were enslaved to 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.
Amplified Bible
And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God's will and purpose].
American Standard Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.
New Century Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.
New English Translation
and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to 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.
Complete Jewish Bible
and after you had been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
English Standard Version
and, 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.
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]
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.
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.
English Revised Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
New Revised Standard
and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves 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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.
Easy-to-Read Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to what is right.
New American Standard Bible
and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.
Good News Translation
You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riytwisnesse.

Contextual Overview

1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life. 5 For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin's dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7 since a person who has died is freed from sin's claims. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over Him. 10 For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God.

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 family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:16
You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within 18 inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks.
Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:7
So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:13
On that same day Noah along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's wife, and his three sons' wives entered the ark with him.
Genesis 17:4
"As for Me, My covenant is with you: you will become the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:7
I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
Genesis 17:21
But I will confirm My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."
Isaiah 26:20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and close your doors behind you. Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that 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.


 
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