Romans 6:16

James Moffatt - New Testament

Do you not know you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?

Cross References

John 8:34

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).

Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other — you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Romans 6:17

Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

Romans 11:2

God has not repudiated his People, his predestined People! Surely you know what scripture says in the passage called 'Elijah'? You know how he pleads with God against Israel:

Romans 12:1

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you?

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is no credit to you. Do you not know that a morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 6:2

Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles?

1 Corinthians 6:3

Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?

1 Corinthians 6:9

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do you not know that as men who perform temple-rites get their food from the temple, and as attendants at the altar get their share of the sacrifices,

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

Matthew 20:4

to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever wage is fair.' So they went in.