Romans 6:20

When you served sin, you were free of righteousness.

Romans 6:16-17

Do you not know you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?

John 8:34

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone 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 you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?
John 8:34
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.

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Colossians 3:7
Once you moved among them, when you lived in them;