Romans 6:16

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Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it."

Matthew 20:4

And he said to them, 'You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.'

Matthew 6:24

No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Romans 11:2

God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?

Romans 12:1

And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that, though you used to be the servants of sin, now you have been obedient from the heart to the very form of the doctrine into which you have been received.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

1 Corinthians 5:6

It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?

1 Corinthians 6:2

Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters?

1 Corinthians 6:3

Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this age?

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.

Joshua 24:15

But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

2 Peter 2:19

promising them freedoms, while they themselves are the servants of corruption. For by whatever a man is overcome, of this also is he the servant.