For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
the servants.
Romans 6:16,17 Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin to death...
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
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