Rom 6:16 | HCSB | STEP | Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves , you are slaves of that one you obey – either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness ?

c Rm 11:2; 1Co 3:16; 5:6; 6:2-3,9,15-16,19; 9:13,24

Romans 6:16

16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone ^{▼▼Lit that to whom you offer yourselves} as obedient ^{▼▼slave: The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English by "servant" or "bond servant"; the HCSB translates this word as "slave," not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire's inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.}slaves, ^c you are slaves of that one you obey ^d – either of sin leading to death ^e or of obedience leading to righteousness?