Read Full ChapterDo you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Don’t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
World English Bible (WEB)
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Strong's King James
(16) Don't you know that presenting yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of whomever you obey? Whether deviation unto death or obedience unto righteousness
The F.O.G
[16] Don't you realize that when you offer yourself to someone as an obedient slave, you really are a slave to the one you obey? You're either enslaved to sin, leading to death, or to obedience, leading to right relationship with God.
The F.O.G Paraphrase
have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Young's Literal Translation
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