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Romans 6:20
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For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
For when yee were the seruants of sinne ye were free from righteousnesse.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness.
In the past you were slaves to sin, and goodness did not control you.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God's will].
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
When you were slaves of sin, you didn't have to please God.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relationship to righteousness;
For when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.
In the past you were slaves to sin, and you did not even think about doing right.
For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse.
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free as to righteousness.
For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.
When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.
For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were emancipated from righteousness.
For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse.
For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.
For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.
For whanne ye weren seruauntis of synne, ye weren fre of riytfulnesse.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard of righteousness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right.
When sin had power over your life, you were not right with God.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For, when ye were servants of sin, ye were free as to righteousness; -
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
For when ye were the servauntes of synne ye were not vnder rightewesnes.
for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,
For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne, ye were lowse from righteousnes.
for when ye were the vassals of sin, ye were not in the service of virtue.
As long as you did what you felt like doing, ignoring God, you didn't have to bother with right thinking or right living, or right anything for that matter. But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.
When you rode for sin, it didn't matter how things were done on God's outfit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the servants: Romans 6:16, Romans 6:17, John 8:34
from: Gr. to
Reciprocal: Psalms 107:10 - bound Romans 6:18 - servants Colossians 3:7 - General
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
For when ye were the servants of sin,.... This is an argument used, or a reason given, why regenerate persons should be diligent in the service of righteousness; because when they were employed in the drudgery of sin, they
were free from righteousness; they had no righteousness, nor were they desirous of any; yea, averse to it, threw off the yoke of the law of righteousness, and lived in a very unrighteous manner: hence may be observed what is the free will of man in an unregenerate state; not free to, but "from" righteousness; free enough to evil, but from all that is good; and also what obligation lies upon believers, who are delivered from the bondage of corruption, and the servitude of sin, to a life and service of righteousness; inasmuch as they were before free from it, and unconcerned about it, but are now made by the grace of God free to it, they ought therefore cheerfully to pursue it, and neglect no opportunity of performing it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye were free from righteousness - That is, in your former state, you were not at all under the influence of righteousness. You were entirely devoted to sin; a strong expression of total depravity. It settles the question; and proves that they had no native goodness. The argument which is implied here rather than expressed is, that now they ought to be equally free from sin, since they had become released from their former bondage, and had become the servants of another master.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 6:20. Ye were free from righteousness. — These two servitudes are incompatible; if we cannot serve God and Mammon, surely we cannot serve Christ and Satan. We must be either sinners or saints; God's servants or the devil's slaves. It cannot be as a good mistaken man has endeavoured to sing: -
"To good and evil equal bent,
I'm both a devil and a saint."
I know not whether it be possible to paint the utter prevalence of sin in stronger colours than the apostle does here, by saying they were FREE from righteousness. It seems tantamount to that expression in Genesis, Genesis 6:5, where, speaking of the total degeneracy of the human race, the writer says, Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. They were all corrupt; they were altogether abominable: there was none that did good; no, not one.
