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The Book of Romans, Chapter 6, Verse 16

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What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
King James Version
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
American Standard Version
Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves [as] servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
New English Translation
But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
World English Bible
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?
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But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
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Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
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What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.
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But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
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For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
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So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.