Romans 6:20

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

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 unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.

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

The servants

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The servants

Romans 6:16
Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
John 8:34
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.

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Colossians 3:7
In which you also once walked, when you lived in them.