Romans 6:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Cross References

Genesis 50:17

‘Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Job 1:8

And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”

Psalm 143:12

And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries, for I am thy servant.

Psalm 86:2

Preserve my life, for I am godly; save thy servant who trusts in thee. Thou art my God;

Psalm 92:14

They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,

Isaiah 54:17

no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.”

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

Daniel 6:20

When he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!”

Matthew 13:40

Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.

Matthew 13:43

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Matthew 19:29

And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:2

Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

John 4:36

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

John 8:32

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Romans 6:14

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:18

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

Romans 6:21

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Romans 7:4

Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:17

Not that I seek the gift; but I seek the fruit which increases to your credit.

Colossians 1:10

to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,

Hebrews 12:14

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting.

1 Peter 1:9

As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.

Revelation 7:13

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?”