20For when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.


In Context

17 But thanks be to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.

18 Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

19 I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.

22 But now, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

Romans 6:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:20For when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:20For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:20For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.