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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves,.... The apostle goes on with his answer to the above objection, by making use of an argument from the nature of servants and their obedience, a thing well known to everyone, and which none could be ignorant of; which he delivers by way of distribution, that such who yield themselves servants to obey,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? If, then, a man lives a life of sin, he proves that he is the servant of sin, for he has obeyed its commands, and let that man know assuredly that he has nothing to do with Christ while...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? It is a wonderful heart-searching text, is this: let us put ourselves under its power. Whatever you obey, that is your master: and if you obey the suggestions of sin, you are the slave...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin,.... Not that the apostle must be thought to give thanks to God for that these persons had been the servants of sin, than which nothing is more disagreeable to God, or caused more shame to themselves; but that inasmuch as they had been in the drudgery and service of sin, they were now freed from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. “Bondservants,” you have got in our new translation, for so it was, and the apostle seems to excuse himself for using such a word by saying: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Or, as the marginal reading renders it, in harmony with the original, “whereto ye were delivered,” for the doctrine was the mould, and ye were the metal, reduced to a molten condition, and then poured into the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Or into which you were delivered. God has taken you, melted you down, and poured you into a new mold. God be thanked for flint; you are not what you used to be. Although you are not what you hope to be, yet you...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Being then made free from sin,.... Not from a sinful nature; nor from a corrupt heart; nor from vain thoughts; nor from sinful words; nor from sinful actions altogether; but from the damning power of sin: sin brought all men under a sentence of condemnation; Christ has bore the execution of this sentence in himself for his people; hence, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 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. How powerfully this plea ought to tell...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. The fetters are struck off, the lusts of the flesh do not hold us any longer. We are the Lord’s free men, and out of gratitude for this glorious freedom, we become the willing servants of the righteous God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I speak after the manner of men,.... This refers either to what the apostle had said already concerning service and liberty, things which were known among men, and easy to be understood; or to the following exhortation: what he was about to say, he delivered in a manner suited to their understandings, and was ανθρωπινον, "that which was human";...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. As you submitted yourselves to sin most cheerfully and voluntarily, and yet were slaves under it, so now come, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. For when ye were the servant of sin, ye were free from righteousness. You disdained the silken bonds of piety, you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. It wants no explanation. In the days of our sin, we sinned with all our power. There was not one part of us but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For when ye were the servants of sin,.... This is an argument used, or a reason given, why regenerate persons should be diligent in the service of righteousness; because when they were employed in the drudgery of sin, they were free from righteousness; they had no righteousness, nor were they desirous of any; yea, averse to it, threw off the yoke...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. You did not then trouble yourselves about that matter at all; you left the things of God and piety alone.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. You did not care about righteousness then. When you served sin you felt it was utterly indifferent to you what the claims of righteousness might be. Well, now that you have become the servant of righteousness, be free from sin, let sin have no more dominion over you now, than...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
What fruit had ye then in those things?.... That is, what profit, pleasure, satisfaction, or comfort, had ye in the commission of sin? Sin yields no real profit to the servants of it. If a man, by sinful practices, could amass together the riches of the Indies, or gain the whole world, yet if his soul is lost thereby, what advantage would it be to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. You had such pleasure as sin could give you, but was it worth having? You derived some profit, perhaps, from evil pursuits; but did the profit ever make up for the loss which you thereby sustained? O ye who have had experience of sin to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.