Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. New Living Translation When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. English Standard Version For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Berean Standard Bible For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. Berean Literal Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. King James Bible For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. New King James Version For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. New American Standard Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. NASB 1995 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. NASB 1977 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Legacy Standard Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Amplified Bible When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will]. Christian Standard Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. Holman Christian Standard Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from allegiance to righteousness. American Standard Version For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. Contemporary English Version When you were slaves of sin, you didn't have to please God. English Revised Version For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you were slaves to sin, you were free from doing what God approves of. Good News Translation When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. International Standard Version For when you were slaves of sin, you were "free" as far as righteousness was concerned. Majority Standard Bible For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. NET Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. New Heart English Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Webster's Bible Translation For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. Weymouth New Testament For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness. World English Bible For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. Berean Literal Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. Young's Literal Translation for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness, Smith's Literal Translation For when ye were servants to sin, ye were free to justice. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice. Catholic Public Domain Version For though you were once the servants of sin, you have become the children of justice. New American Bible For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. New Revised Standard Version When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For when you became Servants of sin, you became free from righteousness. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor when you were the servants of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness. Godbey New Testament For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. Haweis New Testament For when ye were the slaves of sin, ye were free from righteousness. Mace New Testament for when ye were the vassals of sin, ye were not in the service of virtue. Weymouth New Testament For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness. Worrell New Testament For, when ye were slaves of sin, ye were free as to righteousness. Worsley New Testament For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wages of Sin…19I 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. 20For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. 21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.… Cross References John 8:34 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. 2 Peter 2:19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in 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. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And 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. Colossians 3:5-7 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. 1 Peter 4:3-4 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. / Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. Galatians 4:8-9 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. / But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? 1 John 3:4-6 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. / But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. / No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. Matthew 6:24 No 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. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! Ephesians 4:17-19 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. / They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. / Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?” Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil. Treasury of Scripture For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. the servants. Romans 6:16,17 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? … John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. from. Jump to Previous Bondmen Bondservants Control Free Regard Righteousness Servants Sin Slaves Sort SubjectionJump to Next Bondmen Bondservants Control Free Regard Righteousness Servants Sin Slaves Sort SubjectionRomans 6 1. We may not live in sin;2. for we are dead unto it; 3. as appears by our baptism. 12. Let not sin reign anymore; 18. because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness; 23. and because death is the wages of sin. For when you were slaves to sin The phrase "slaves to sin" is a powerful metaphor used by Paul to describe the condition of humanity before accepting Christ. The Greek word for "slaves" is "doulos," which implies complete subservience and lack of freedom. In the ancient Roman context, slavery was a common institution, and a slave had no rights or autonomy. Paul uses this imagery to illustrate the total control sin had over individuals before they were redeemed by Christ. Sin, in this context, is not merely an act but a dominating power that dictates the actions and desires of those who are not in Christ. This highlights the need for a Savior who can liberate individuals from this bondage. you were free of obligation to righteousness
Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. when Ὅτε (Hote) Adverb Strong's 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When. you were ἦτε (ēte) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. slaves δοῦλοι (douloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. to sin, ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin. you were ἦτε (ēte) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. free of obligation ἐλεύθεροι (eleutheroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1658: Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt. to righteousness. δικαιοσύνῃ (dikaiosynē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification. Links Romans 6:20 NIVRomans 6:20 NLT Romans 6:20 ESV Romans 6:20 NASB Romans 6:20 KJV Romans 6:20 BibleApps.com Romans 6:20 Biblia Paralela Romans 6:20 Chinese Bible Romans 6:20 French Bible Romans 6:20 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 6:20 For when you were servants of sin (Rom. Ro) |
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