Romans 6:18

Mace New Testament

being then set free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

King James Version (1611)
Being then made free from sinne, yee became the seruants of righteousnesse.

King James Version
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

English Standard Version
and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
and after being freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

New Century Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.

Amplified Bible
And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God's will and purpose].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Legacy Standard Bible
and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God.

Complete Jewish Bible
and after you had been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Darby Translation
Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

Easy-to-Read Version
You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to what is right.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Now, being made free from sin, you become the servants of righteousness.

Good News Translation
You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.

Lexham English Bible
and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Literal Translation
And having been set free from sin, you were enslaved to righteousness.

American Standard Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

Bible in Basic English
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

Hebrew Names Version
Being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

International Standard Version
And since you have been freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.John 8:32; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Galatians 5:1; 1 Peter 2:16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And when you were made free from sin, you became obedient to righteousness.

Murdock Translation
And when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.

English Revised Version
and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

World English Bible
Being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Being then set free from sin, ye are become the servants of righteousness.

Weymouth's New Testament
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riytwisnesse.

Update Bible Version
and being made free from sin, you were made a slave to righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

New English Translation
and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

New King James Version
And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

New Living Translation
Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

New Life Bible
You were made free from the power of sin. Being right with God has power over you now.

New Revised Standard
and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, being freed from sin, ye were made servants unto righteousness; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.

Revised Standard Version
and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye are then made fre from synne and are be come the servauntes of rightewesnes.

Young's Literal Translation
and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For now that ye are made fre from synue, ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Ya don't work for sin no more. Now you're one of the Lord's hands.

Contextual Overview

¹ Do we then conclude thus, let us continue in sin, that the divine favour may be more fully display'd? ² God forbid, that we who have died to sin should live any longer therein. ³ don't you know that when we were all baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, we were plunged into a state figurative of his death. ⁴ therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of life. ⁵ for if we resembled him with regard to death, certainly we shall likewise do so with regard to his resurrection: ⁶ considering this, that our vicious passions were crucified with him, that the body of sin being destroyed, we might not any longer be vassals to sin. ⁷ for by its being dead, we are set free from sin. ⁸ since then we died with Christ, we are persuaded that we shall also live with him: ⁹ knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, is to die no more; death hath no more dominion over him. ¹⁰ for as to his death, he died upon the account of sin once for all; but as to his being alive, he lives to the glory of God for ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made: Romans 6:14, Psalms 116:16, Psalms 119:32, Psalms 119:45, Luke 1:74, Luke 1:75, John 8:32, John 8:36, 1 Corinthians 7:21, 1 Corinthians 7:22, Galatians 5:1, 1 Peter 2:16

servants: Romans 6:19, Romans 6:20, Romans 6:22, Isaiah 26:13, Isaiah 54:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - proclaim Leviticus 25:55 - my servants Deuteronomy 6:21 - General Deuteronomy 16:12 - General Deuteronomy 27:9 - this day Romans 8:2 - hath 1 Corinthians 9:27 - and Galatians 4:26 - free Galatians 5:13 - ye 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - effectually

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:7
'Twas by faith that Noah being divinely warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern built an ark to the preservation of his family; whereby the world became inexcusable, and he obtained the reward of that righteousness which is by faith.

1 Peter 3:20
those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.

2 Peter 2:5
since he did not spare the old world, having preserved only eight persons, including Noah, that preacher of virtue, when he brought the deluge upon the impious world:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Being then made free from sin,.... Not from a sinful nature; nor from a corrupt heart; nor from vain thoughts; nor from sinful words; nor from sinful actions altogether; but from the damning power of sin: sin brought all men under a sentence of condemnation; Christ has bore the execution of this sentence in himself for his people; hence, as considered in him, they are free from it; and such as are born again have passed from death to life, and shall never enter into condemnation: likewise, such persons are free from the guilt of sin; men are in a legal sense arraigned for sin, accused of it, and being convicted, are pronounced guilty before God; and awakened souls have a sense of it in themselves; but the blood of Christ sprinkled on their consciences frees them from it; though fresh sins committed bring fresh guilt, which requires the continual application of the blood of Jesus for pardon and cleansing: but what is chiefly designed here is freedom from the servitude of sin, as appears from the context. Now God's elect are not released voluntarily by their former masters; nor is their freedom obtained by their own power and will; but it is of God, Father, Son, and Spirit; and the Gospel is generally the means of it, and happy are those persons who are blessed with it! They are rid of a bad master; are freed from the worst of bondage; will be no more servants, as before; are delivered from the power, and out of the kingdom of darkness; are heirs of heaven, and shall enjoy the glorious liberty of the children of God: and for the time present are

become the servants of righteousness; servants to God, whose Gospel they obey; servants to Christ, whose righteousness they submit to; and servants to the law of righteousness, as held forth by Christ; they give up themselves to a course and life of righteousness, in which there are true honour, peace, and pleasure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Being then made free from sin.” That is, as a master. You are not under its dominion; you are no longer its slaves. They were made free, as a servant is who is set at liberty, and who is, therefore, no longer under obligation to obey.

Ye became the servants ... - You became voluntarily under the dominion of righteousness; you yielded yourselves to it; and are therefore bound to be holy; compare the note at John 8:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 6:18. Being then made free from sin — ελευθερωθεντες is a term that refers to the manumission of a slave. They were redeemed from the slavery of sin, and became the servants of righteousness. Here is another prosopopoeia: both sin and righteousness are personified: sin can enjoin no good and profitable work; righteousness can require none that is unjust or injurious.