aSee ch. 16:30-33
bSee Ps. 7:15, 16
1 Kings 21:25
Ahab’s Repentance
25( aThere was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.Proverbs 5:22
22The biniquities of the wicked censnare him,and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
Acts 8:23
23For I see that you are in dthe gall ▼▼That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
of bitterness and in fthe bond of iniquity.” Romans 6:6
6We know that gour old self ▼▼Greek man
iwas crucified with him in order that jthe body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Romans 6:12
12Let not ksin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.Romans 6:16
16Do you not know that if you present yourselves lto anyone as obedient slaves, ▼▼For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface (twice in this verse and verse 19; also once in verses 17, 20)
you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? Romans 6:19-20
19 nI am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ojust as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members pas slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.20 qFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
Romans 7:14
14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, rsold under sin.Romans 7:25
25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.Romans 8:21
21that sthe creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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