But thanks be to God that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Romans 6:17 in context
Romans 6:14–20
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For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
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What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
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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?
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But thanks be to God that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
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Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
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I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
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For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
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