Romans 6:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I speak

Because

Romans 8:26

Romans 15:1

Hebrews 4:15

For as ye

1 Peter 4:2

Unto iniquity

Hebrews 12:15

Now yield

Romans 6:13

Unto holiness

Romans 6:22

General references

Colossians 3:7

Bible References

I speak

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is not God unrighteous in inflicting wrath? (I speak humanly).

Speak I these things [rationally] as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?

If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because to-morrow we die?

Brethren, I speak humanly; to use a similitude, a man's testament, if it be passed in legal form, no man can vacate, or add thereunto.

Because

In like manner also the Spirit affords assistance to our infirmities: for even this, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not: but the same Spirit more abundantly maketh intercession for us with groanings unutterable.

WE then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are feeble, and not to gratify ourselves.

For we have not an high-priest incapable of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted.

For as ye

Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.

Yet such were some of you: but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God.

wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:

that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

Unto iniquity

Do ye not know, that to whomsoever ye present yourselves servants to obey, ye are his servants to whom ye obey; if of sin unto death, or of obedience, unto righteousness?

Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass?

Be not deceived: evil conversations corrupt good manners.

But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.

carefully observing lest any of you fail of attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;

Now yield

Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.

Unto holiness

But now being set at liberty from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and at the end life eternal.

General references

in which ye also walked formerly when ye lived among them: