Rom 6:16, 2Pe 2:19 | JFB | STEP | 16. that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey —with the view of obeying him. his servants ye are to whom ye obey —to whom ye yield that obedience. whether of Sin unto death —that is, "issuing in death," in the awful sense of , as the sinner's final condition. or of Obedience unto righteousness —that is, obedience resulting in a righteous character, as the enduring condition of the servant of new Obedience ( ).

Romans 6:16

16. that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey—with the view of obeying him.

his servants ye are to whom ye obey—to whom ye yield that obedience.

whether of Sin unto death—that is, "issuing in death," in the awful sense of Ro 8:6, as the sinner's final condition.

or of Obedience unto righteousness—that is, obedience resulting in a righteous character, as the enduring condition of the servant of new Obedience (1Jo 2:17; Joh 8:34; 2Pe 2:19; Mt 6:24).

2 Peter 2:19

19. promise . . . liberty—(Christian)—These promises are instances of their "great swelling words" (2Pe 2:18). The liberty which they propose is such as fears not Satan, nor loathes the flesh. Pauline language, adopted by Peter here, and 1Pe 2:16; see on 1Pe 2:16; (compare 2Pe 3:15; Ro 6:16-22; 8:15, 21; Ga 5:1, 13; compare Joh 8:34).

corruption—(See on 2Pe 2:12); "destroyed . . . perish . . . corruption."

of whom—"by whatever . . . by the same," &c.