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The Wages of Sin

Romans 6:18

In 9 translations

BSB
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
KJV
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
WEB
Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
ASV
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
LSV
and having been freed from sin, you became servants to righteousness.
YLT
and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.
DBY
Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.
DRC
Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
GNV
Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ·
RP2018
ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
TR-Boyd
ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
SCR1894
ελευθερωθεντες δε απο της αμαρτιας εδουλωθητε τη δικαιοσυνη

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  • Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
  • Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  • Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  • Romans 6:7For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
  • Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  • 1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  • Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
  • Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
  • Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
  • Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
  • John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
  • Romans 6:19–20I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness…
  • 1 Corinthians 7:21–22Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity. For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who…
  • Luke 1:74–75deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

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