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Romans 6:16

Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οὐκoukNotG3756 →
οἴδατεoidateknow you
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ᾧhōto whomG3739 →
παριστάνετεparistaneteyou yieldG3936 →
ἑαυτοὺςhe'autousyourselvesG1438 →
δούλουςdoulous[as] slavesG1401 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
ὑπακοήν,hupakoēnobedience,G5218 →
δοῦλοίdouloislavesG1401 →
ἐστεesteyou areG1510 →
ᾧhōto him whomG3739 →
ὑπακούετε,hupakoueteyou obey,G5219 →
ἤτοιētoiwhetherG2273 →
ἁμαρτίαςhamartiasof sinG266 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
θάνατονthanatondeathG2288 →
ἢēorG2228 →
ὑπακοῆςhupakoēsof obedienceG5218 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
δικαιοσύνην;dikaiosunēnrighteousness?G1343 →

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Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Romans 6:12–13Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.Romans 6:19–23I 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 leading to holiness.Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.Romans 6:3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Ezra 5:11And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

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