Study it in the app“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?”
Paul speaks of those who now obey from the heart and not sinObedience
Do you notοὐκknowοἴδατεthatὅτιto whomᾧyou presentπαριστάνετεyourselvesἑαυτοὺςasslavesδούλουςforεἰςobedience,ὑπακοήνyou areἐστεslavesδοῦλοίof the oneᾧyou obey,ὑπακούετεeitherἤτοιof sinἁμαρτίαςleadingtoεἰςdeath,θάνατονorἢof obedienceὑπακοῆςleadingtoεἰςrighteousness?δικαιοσύνην
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appearspresent
To set someone or something before God or another.
Where else “paristanete” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulous” appearsobedience
Obedience: listening and doing what is commanded.
Where else “hypakoēn” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appearsobey
To listen and obey.
Where else “hypakouete” appearseither
"Either ... or".
Where else “ētoi” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appearsdeath
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanaton” appearsrighteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēn” appears15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
16 · This verse (above)
17But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you obeyed from the heart the form of teaching to which you were handed over;
1. What it says
What does Paul say is the pay of sin and the gift of God? (v. 23)
2. What it means
Paul asks whether we should continue in sin so that grace may increase, and answers no (vv. 1-2). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to offer ourselves to God (v. 13). What concrete step could you take this week to live by what you value?
