Romans 6:20

For when you were the slaves of sin, you were under no subjection to righteousness.

Romans 6:16-17

Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

John 8:34

"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave

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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
Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?
John 8:34
"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave

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Colossians 3:7
among whom you once led your daily life when you lived in them.