But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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Gill's Exposition
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God,.... In what sense regenerate persons are free from sin, and are become the servants of God, has been observed already; the consequence of…
Barnes' Notes
But now - Under the Christian plan of justification. Being made free from sin - Being delivered from its dominion, and from bondage; in the same manner as before conversion they were free from…
Adam Clarke
But now being made free from sin - As being free from righteousness is the finished character of a sinner, so being made free from sin is the finished character of a genuine Christian.
And become…
The apostle's transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: "What shall we say then? Rom 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil…
Cambridge Bible
now i.e. as things are, by Divine mercy.
to God The real Master of the justified. The figures, "Obedience," "Righteousness," "Rule of Doctrine," &c., are now laid aside, that He to whom they refer may…
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