Romans 6:16

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey any one, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be that of Sin which leads to Death, or that of Duty which leads to Righteousness.

Cross References

Matthew 20:4

'You also may go into my vineyard,' he said, 'and I will pay you what is fair.'

Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

John 8:34

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin.

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his People, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of Scripture in the story of Elijah- how he appeals to God against Israel?

Romans 12:1

I entreat you, then, Brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, for this is your rational worship.

Romans 6:17

God be thanked that, though you were once servants of Sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you?

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?

1 Corinthians 6:2

Do not you know that Christ's People will try the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try the most trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 6:3

Do not you know that we are to try angels-to say nothing of the affairs of this life?

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do not you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.