Romans 6:20
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
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- Romans 6:16–17 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- John 8:34 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.