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Selected Verse: Romans 6:18 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ro 6:18 |
King James |
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Being then--"And being"; it is the continuation and conclusion of the preceding sentence; not a new one.
made free from Sin, ye became the servants of--"servants to"
Righteousness--The case is one of emancipation from entire servitude to one Master to entire servitude to another, whose property we are (see on Rom 1:1). There is no middle state of personal independence; for which we were never made, and to which we have no claim. When we would not that God should reign over us, we were in righteous judgment "sold under Sin"; now being through grace "made free from Sin," it is only to become "servants to Righteousness," which is our true freedom. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
"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 Joh 8:32. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
sin
Sin
(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Being then set free from sin - We may see the apostles method thus far at one view: -
1. Bondage to sin Rom 3:9.
2. The knowledge of sin by the law; a sense of God's wrath; inward death Rom 3:20.
3. The revelation of the righteousness of God in Christ through the gospel Rom 3:21.
4. The centre of all, faith, embracing that righteousness Rom 3:22.
5. Justification, whereby God forgives all past sin, and freely accepts the sinner Rom 3:24.
6. The gift of the Holy Ghost; a sense of Rom 5:5, God's love new inward life Rom 6:4.
7. The free service of righteousness Rom 6:12. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;