Romans 6:16 Cross References

Romans 6:16

16: Don't you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.

Joshua 24:15

  1. But if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD."

John 8:34

  1. Jesus replied, "I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

2 Peter 2:19

  1. They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

Romans 6:12

  1. Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to its lustful desires.
  2. Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Matthew 6:24

  1. "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Romans 6:19

  1. I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.
  2. In those days, when you were slaves of sin, you weren't concerned with doing what was right.
  3. And what was the result? It was not good, since now you are ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
  4. But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
  5. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:17

  1. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.
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