Romanos 6:20

20 Porque siendo antes siervos del pecado, ahora habéis sido hechos siervos de la justicia.

Romanos 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 6:20

For when ye were the servants of sin
This is an argument used, or a reason given, why regenerate persons should be diligent in the service of righteousness; because when they were employed in the drudgery of sin, they

were free from righteousness;
they had no righteousness, nor were they desirous of any; yea, averse to it, threw off the yoke of the law of righteousness, and lived in a very unrighteous manner: hence may be observed what is the free will of man in an unregenerate state; not free to, but "from" righteousness; free enough to evil, but from all that is good; and also what obligation lies upon believers, who are delivered from the bondage of corruption, and the servitude of sin, to a life and service of righteousness; inasmuch as they were before free from it, and unconcerned about it, but are now made by the grace of God free to it, they ought therefore cheerfully to pursue it, and neglect no opportunity of performing it.

Romanos 6:20 In-Context

18 y libertados del pecado, sois hechos siervos de la justicia.

19 Humana cosa digo, por la flaqueza de vuestra carne; que como para iniquidad presentasteis vuestros miembros para servir a la inmundicia y a la iniquidad, así ahora para santidad, presentéis vuestros miembros para servir a la justicia.

20 Porque siendo antes siervos del pecado, ahora habéis sido hechos siervos de la justicia.

21 ¿Qué fruto, pues, teníais de aquellas cosas de las cuales ahora os avergonzáis? Porque el fin de ellas es muerte.

22 Mas ahora, librados del pecado, y hechos siervos a Dios, tenéis por vuestro fruto la santificación, y como fin la vida eterna.