Rom 6:16, 20, 2Pe 2:19 | ESV | STEP | Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves , you are slaves of the one whom you obey , either of sin , which leads to death , or of obedience , which leads to righteousness ?

Romans 6:16

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^ato 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 6:20

20 ^cFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

2 Peter 2:19

19 They promise them ^dfreedom, ^ebut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.