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Romans 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.


Romans 6:20Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 6:2010 words
GreekMeaning
ὍτεHote
WhenwordG3753
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
δοῦλοιdouloi
slavesnounG1401
ἦτεēte
you wereverbG1510
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ἁμαρτίαςhamartias
of sinnounG266
ἐλεύθεροιeleutheroi
freeadjectiveG1658
ἦτεēte
you wereverbG1510
τῇ
thearticleG3588
δικαιοσύνῃdikaiosynē
from righteousnessnounG1343
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 6:20

“For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.” Now what he says is somewhat of this kind, When ye lived in wickedness, and impiety, and the worst of evils, the state of compliance ye lived in was such that you did absolutely no good thing at all. For this is, “you were free from righteousness.” That is you were not subject to it, but estranged from it wholly. For you did not even so much as divide the manner of servitude between righteousness and…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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