I am your servant,\par a child of one of your servant women.\par Lord, you were my first teacher!\par
Romans 6:18 - Easy To Read Version You were made free from sin. And now you are slaves to goodness (right living). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose, and action). American Standard Version (1901) and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. Common English Bible Now that you have been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. Catholic Public Domain Version And having been freed from sin, we have become servants of justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice. |
I am your servant,\par a child of one of your servant women.\par Lord, you were my first teacher!\par
I will gladly obey your commands.\par Lord, your commands make me happy.\par
So I will be free. Why?\par Because I try hard to obey your laws.\par
Lord, you are our God.\par But in the past, we followed other lords. {\cf2\super [242]} \par We belonged to other masters.\par But now we want people to remember only one name, your name!\par
“People will make weapons to fight against you, but those weapons will not defeat you. Some people will say things against you. But every person that speaks against you will be shown to be wrong.”
“The Spirit of the Lord (God) has come to me.\par God chose me to tell good news to people\par that are poor.\par God sent me to tell people who are\par prisoners that they are free,\par and to tell the blind people\par that they can see again.\par God sent me to free the weak people\par from their suffering\par
Sin will not be your master. Why? Because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace (kindness).
But now you are free from sin. You are now slaves of God. And this brings you a life that is only for God. And from that you will get life forever.
Why? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit {\cf2\super [58]} that brings life made you {\cf2\super [59]} free. It made you {\cf2\super [60]} free from the law that brings sin and death.
We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.
Live like free men. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live like you are serving God.