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Romans 6:16

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Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

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Romans 6:16 in other translations

Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Romans 6:16 · World English Bible

Romans 6:16 in context

  1. 14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
  2. 15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
  3. 16Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
  4. 17But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
  5. 18and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.