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Romans 6:19

I 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.

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ASV

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

KJV

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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Original language & word study

34 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἈνθρώπινονAnthrōpinonIn human termsG442 →
λέγωlegōI speakG3004 →
διὰdiaon account ofG1223 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ἀσθένειανastheneianweaknessG769 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
σαρκὸςsarkosfleshG4561 →
ὑμῶν.humōnof you.G4771 →
ὥσπερhōsperFor asG5618 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
παρεστήσατεparestēsateyou yieldedG3936 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
μέληmelēmembersG3196 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
δοῦλαdoula[as] slavesG1401 →
τῇtēa<the>G3588 →
ἀκαθαρσίᾳakatharsiato impurityG167 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τῇtēa<the>G3588 →
ἀνομίᾳanomiato lawlessnessG458 →
εἰςeisuntoG1519 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
ἀνομίαν,anomianlawlessness,G458 →
οὕτωςhoutōssoG3779 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
παραστήσατεparastēsatedo yieldG3936 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
μέληmelēmembersG3196 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
δοῦλαdoula[as] slavesG1401 →
τῇtēa<the>G3588 →
δικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunēto righteousnessG1343 →
εἰςeisuntoG1519 →
ἁγιασμόν.hagiasmonsanctification.G38 →

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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.Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,1 Corinthians 6:20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.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.1 Peter 4:2–4Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.Romans 7:23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.Colossians 3:5–7Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.Ephesians 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.Romans 6:16–17Do 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?Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”1 Thessalonians 4:4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.1 Corinthians 15:32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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