Romans 6:19
Verse
Context
The Wages of Sin
18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
Sermons
Watchman Nee
Richard Langworthy
Shane Idleman
James BookerShane Idleman
James Blaine ChapmanSummary
Commentary
- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men - This phrase is often used by the Greek writers to signify what was easy to be comprehended; what was ad captum vulgi, level with common understandings, delivered in a popular style; what was different from the high flights of the poets, and the studied sublime obscurity of the philosophers. Because of the infirmity of your flesh - As if he had said: I make use of metaphors and figures connected with well-known natural things; with your trades and situation in life; because of your inexperience in heavenly things, of which ye are only just beginning to know the nature and the names. Servants to uncleanness, etc. - These different expressions show how deeply immersed in and enslaved by sin these Gentiles were before their conversion to Christianity. Several of the particulars are given in the first chapter of this epistle.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men--descending, for illustration, to the level of common affairs. because of the infirmity of your flesh--the weakness of your spiritual apprehension. for as ye have yielded--"as ye yielded," the thing being viewed as now past. your members servants to Uncleanness and to Iniquity unto--the practice of iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to Righteousness unto holiness--rather, "unto (the attainment of) sanctification," as the same word is rendered in Th2 2:13; Co1 1:30; Pe1 1:2 : --that is, "Looking back upon the heartiness with which ye served Sin, and the lengths ye went to be stimulated now to like zeal and like exuberance in the service of a better Master."
John Gill Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men,.... This refers either to what the apostle had said already concerning service and liberty, things which were known among men, and easy to be understood; or to the following exhortation: what he was about to say, he delivered in a manner suited to their understandings, and was "that which was human"; not angelic, or what required the power, purity, and perfection of angels; or what was unreasonable or impossible, but what was their reasonable service, as men; and might be done through the grace of God, in the strength of Christ, and by the assistance of the Spirit: and though he might have insisted upon it with good reason, that they ought to be more diligent and industrious in the service of God than they had been in the service of sin; yet because of the infirmity of their flesh, considering that they had flesh, or corrupt nature, and were attended with weakness in knowledge, faith, and obedience; he only pressed this upon them, that in like manner as they had been servants to sin, they would be servants to righteousness: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity; what they yielded to the service of sin were their "members"; by which, as before, may be meant, either the powers and faculties of their souls, or the parts and members of their bodies, or both; and particularly the latter, as the eyes and ears, the tongue, the mouth, the hands, and feet, which are all employed by a natural man in the drudgery of sin: these are yielded to sin under the form and character of "servants"; and as such are governed, directed, and ordered to fulfil this and the other lust, which is done willingly and readily: these members are "yielded", presented, and given up cheerfully to this slavery; which is both scandalous and unrighteous: it is "to uncleanness"; which designs all sorts of pollution and filthiness, both of flesh and spirit: "and to iniquity"; everything that is contrary to the law, all unrighteousness and ungodliness; and it is added, "unto iniquity"; which may design all sorts of sin, a progress in it, adding continually to it; which shows them to have been thorough hearty servants of sin. Now what the apostle exhorts to, and requires of them, is, that even so now they would yield their members servants to righteousness unto holiness; that is, let the same members that have been employed in the service of sin, be made use of in the service of righteousness: let your eyes be employed in looking and diligently searching into the Scriptures of truth; your ears in hearing the Gospel preached; your lips, mouth, and tongue, in expressing the praises of God, for what he has done for you; your hands in distributing to the interest of religion, and the necessities of the saints; and your feet in hastening to attend on public worship, and observe the testimonies of the Lord: let them be employed under the same form and character as servants, waiting upon the Lord, ready to fulfil his will; and in the same manner, freely, willingly, and cheerfully, and that constantly and universally, in all acts of righteousness and holiness.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
6:19 Paul uses the Greek word sarx (human nature, or flesh) to refer to the frailty and proneness to sin that characterizes humans. Paul uses the illustration of slavery to show the relationship of the human nature to sin.
Romans 6:19
The Wages of Sin
18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- Scripture
- Sermons
- Commentary
Normal Christian Life Ch 6-7
By Watchman Nee8.6K28:25JHN 12:24ROM 3:23ROM 6:12ROM 6:16ROM 6:19In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of true commitment to God. He explains that when we offer ourselves to God, He takes it seriously and begins to break and transform us. This process may involve challenges and difficulties, but it is necessary for us to be useful to both the world and God. The speaker also highlights the concept of consecration, where we recognize that our whole life and all our faculties belong to God. This includes presenting our bodies as instruments for His use. The sermon references biblical passages such as Luke 15 and John 12:24 to illustrate the purpose of God in bringing many sons to glory and the importance of redemption for attaining that glory.
People Who Believe, but Are Not Saved
By Richard Langworthy1.2K56:19False ConversionMAT 6:33ROM 6:19HEB 10:251PE 1:151PE 1:17In this sermon, the speaker expresses a burden on his heart for the state of the church in these days. He emphasizes the urgency and clarity with which he wants to address the congregation. The speaker references Matthew 24, specifically the narrow gate that leads to life and the need to be ready for the unexpected return of the Son of Man. He also highlights the importance of a genuine transformation in one's heart, rather than just a verbal acknowledgement of Jesus' death and resurrection. The sermon includes an illustration involving a cross to further emphasize the message.
Will Power Is Not Enough
By Shane Idleman84048:13ROM 6:191PE 1:141PE 5:61PE 5:82PE 3:111JN 1:91JN 3:3
This sermon emphasizes the need to move beyond relying solely on willpower to overcome struggles like anger, lust, and sin. It highlights the importance of obedience to God's word while also acknowledging the necessity of relying on God's strength and grace. The message stresses the impact of sin on ourselves and those around us, urging repentance, confession, and a heart change through Christ's sacrifice.
Letters to 7 Churches 09 Phila.-Committed Heart
By James Booker70344:48ROM 6:191CO 9:271TH 4:7In this sermon, the preacher focuses on the passage in Revelation 3:7-13, specifically addressing the church in Philadelphia. The sermon emphasizes that God is the ultimate provider for those who serve Him. The preacher highlights four provisions that God offers: His word, His name, His patience, and His presence. The sermon also emphasizes the importance of following Christ's character, conduct, and control in our service to the Lord. The preacher encourages believers to live a life that aligns with the truth of their message and to strive for holiness and commitment to God, just as Jesus did during His earthly ministry.
Save Me From Me
By Shane Idleman1444:30Overcoming StrongholdsFreedom in ChristMAT 5:6JHN 8:36ROM 6:192CO 12:9PHP 4:132TI 1:7HEB 12:1JAS 4:71PE 1:141JN 1:9Shane Idleman emphasizes the struggle of personal bondage and the importance of seeking freedom through Christ in his sermon 'Save Me From Me.' He highlights that while Jesus sets us free, many still find it challenging to walk in that freedom due to various strongholds and addictions that hinder spiritual growth. Idleman encourages listeners to confront their issues head-on, take ownership of their struggles, and rely on God's strength rather than their own willpower. He reminds the congregation that true freedom requires perseverance, accountability, and a thirst for righteousness, urging them to build their lives on a solid foundation of faith. Ultimately, he reassures that no matter how deep one's struggles may be, there is always hope for redemption and transformation through Christ.
Thou Message From the Skies! Ray for the Rayless Heart!
By Phoebe Palmer0LUK 14:28ROM 6:192CO 1:22HEB 13:201PE 1:15Phoebe Palmer preaches about the journey of consecration and surrender to God, emphasizing the importance of counting the cost and entering into an everlasting covenant with the Lord. Through deliberate resolve and a hallowed sense of consecration, one can experience a deep conviction of being wholly the Lord's and a divine assurance of being recognized in heaven. This journey leads to a state of being 'wholly thine,' where every tie to earth is severed, and the heart is fully surrendered to God, realizing that true holiness is found in complete devotion and conformity to the will of God.
The Prerequisites of Holiness
By James Blaine Chapman0PSA 51:10JHN 17:9ROM 6:192CO 7:11TH 4:3HEB 12:14JAS 4:81PE 1:151JN 1:7James Blaine Chapman delves into the theological distinctions between justification, regeneration, and adoption, emphasizing the prerequisites to holiness and the necessity of being restored to God's favor before seeking sanctification. He highlights the importance of being willing to obey God fully and walking in the light as conditions for cleansing and sanctification. Chapman stresses that those closest to God are the ones who first realize their need for sanctification, and encourages believers to claim their heritage and pray for refinement and sanctification.
The Servant's Hands
By T. Austin-Sparks0ConsecrationServiceLEV 8:24ECC 9:10MAT 5:30ACT 20:34ROM 6:19ROM 12:11CO 4:121CO 10:31EPH 4:28COL 3:17COL 3:23T. Austin-Sparks emphasizes the significance of the hands in spiritual service, illustrating how they symbolize our inner disposition and commitment to God. He draws parallels between the literal and symbolic meanings of hands, highlighting that true spirituality encompasses manual work and daily tasks, as demonstrated by Paul and Jesus. The act of consecrating our hands to the Lord signifies dedicating all our activities to His service, transforming mundane tasks into opportunities for spiritual ministry. Sparks encourages believers to recognize that their hands reflect their inner willingness and spirit of service, urging them to engage in all work as an act of worship. Ultimately, he calls for a life where every action is done for the glory of God.
St. Paul's "Election" Is Unto Sanctification.
By Daniel Steele0ROM 5:5ROM 6:192CO 1:122CO 6:62CO 11:3EPH 4:131TH 4:32TH 2:131TI 4:12HEB 12:141PE 1:2Daniel Steele preaches about sanctification and holiness post-Pentecost, emphasizing the role of the Holy Spirit in creating and preserving purity in believing hearts. The act of sanctification involves divine grace removing impurity in those born of the Spirit, leading to deliverance from sin. Sanctification is viewed as the goal of Christian purification in this life, breaking the power of sin and allowing believers to bear fruit and experience eternal life. Steele highlights the importance of sanctification for spiritual perception, love, and clear spiritual eyesight, ultimately glorifying Christ and enabling believers to see God.
Righteousness Unto Sanctification
By Daniel Steele0ACT 15:8ROM 6:191CO 1:301TH 4:32TH 2:13HEB 10:14HEB 12:41PE 1:2REV 22:11Daniel Steele preaches on the divine order of Gospel Salvation, emphasizing the precedence of righteousness leading to perfect holiness, with justification always preceding entire sanctification. He highlights the importance of seeking entire sanctification and the role of the Holy Spirit in purifying believers. Steele clarifies the distinction between justification and sanctification, refuting the idea that they are simultaneous events. He encourages believers to earnestly seek the crowning blessing of entire sanctification through unwavering faith in Christ.
The Will of God
By Aaron Hills0MAT 5:6JHN 17:17ROM 6:19EPH 5:251TH 4:31TH 5:23HEB 12:141PE 1:15REV 21:27Aaron Hills preaches on the importance of sanctification, emphasizing that despite opposition from within and outside the Church, God's will is for believers to be sanctified. Sanctification is described as a work of the Holy Spirit that frees believers from sin and leads to a life of holiness. The sermon explores the evidence supporting the possibility of obtaining sanctification, including God's character, Jesus' prayers, commands, and sacrifice, as well as the promises and calls to seek sanctification.
If I Should Die Before I Live
By Russell DeLong0GEN 1:27JHN 10:10ROM 6:191CO 6:19GAL 2:20Russell DeLong preaches about the importance of truly living as a soul created in God's image, emphasizing the distinction between mere existence and spiritual and moral living. He highlights the tragedy of living like an animal, consumed by physical needs and pleasures, rather than embracing the abundant life offered by Christ. DeLong urges listeners to reflect on whether they are existing like animals or living as children of God, challenging them to surrender to Christ and begin to truly live.
High Time to Awake Out of Sleep
By Robert Murray M'Cheyne0MAT 7:23ROM 6:192TH 2:3TIT 2:14HEB 1:9HEB 10:171JN 3:4The preacher delves into the concept of lawlessness (anomia) as a disregard for God's law, emphasizing living as if there were no law and replacing God's law with personal desires. Lawlessness signifies rebellion against God's authority and intentional sin, describing those unregulated and uncontrolled by law. The sermon warns against practicing lawlessness while claiming Christ, urging repentance and assurance of salvation through genuine transformation and obedience to God's will.
The Loss When a Soul Is Lost
By Charles Finney0MAT 14:3ACT 7:58ROM 6:19ROM 8:13ROM 13:12EPH 4:22COL 3:8HEB 12:1JAS 1:211PE 2:1The preacher emphasizes the importance of believers putting aside their old ways and sinful behaviors, urging them to cease doing what they are accustomed to and to throw off these hindrances. Through various Bible verses, the sermon highlights the need to lay aside deeds of darkness, falsehood, anger, malice, and other vices that hinder spiritual growth. Believers are encouraged to strip off every encumbrance and sin that entangles them, fixing their eyes on Jesus and running the race with endurance.
- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men - This phrase is often used by the Greek writers to signify what was easy to be comprehended; what was ad captum vulgi, level with common understandings, delivered in a popular style; what was different from the high flights of the poets, and the studied sublime obscurity of the philosophers. Because of the infirmity of your flesh - As if he had said: I make use of metaphors and figures connected with well-known natural things; with your trades and situation in life; because of your inexperience in heavenly things, of which ye are only just beginning to know the nature and the names. Servants to uncleanness, etc. - These different expressions show how deeply immersed in and enslaved by sin these Gentiles were before their conversion to Christianity. Several of the particulars are given in the first chapter of this epistle.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men--descending, for illustration, to the level of common affairs. because of the infirmity of your flesh--the weakness of your spiritual apprehension. for as ye have yielded--"as ye yielded," the thing being viewed as now past. your members servants to Uncleanness and to Iniquity unto--the practice of iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to Righteousness unto holiness--rather, "unto (the attainment of) sanctification," as the same word is rendered in Th2 2:13; Co1 1:30; Pe1 1:2 : --that is, "Looking back upon the heartiness with which ye served Sin, and the lengths ye went to be stimulated now to like zeal and like exuberance in the service of a better Master."
John Gill Bible Commentary
I speak after the manner of men,.... This refers either to what the apostle had said already concerning service and liberty, things which were known among men, and easy to be understood; or to the following exhortation: what he was about to say, he delivered in a manner suited to their understandings, and was "that which was human"; not angelic, or what required the power, purity, and perfection of angels; or what was unreasonable or impossible, but what was their reasonable service, as men; and might be done through the grace of God, in the strength of Christ, and by the assistance of the Spirit: and though he might have insisted upon it with good reason, that they ought to be more diligent and industrious in the service of God than they had been in the service of sin; yet because of the infirmity of their flesh, considering that they had flesh, or corrupt nature, and were attended with weakness in knowledge, faith, and obedience; he only pressed this upon them, that in like manner as they had been servants to sin, they would be servants to righteousness: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity; what they yielded to the service of sin were their "members"; by which, as before, may be meant, either the powers and faculties of their souls, or the parts and members of their bodies, or both; and particularly the latter, as the eyes and ears, the tongue, the mouth, the hands, and feet, which are all employed by a natural man in the drudgery of sin: these are yielded to sin under the form and character of "servants"; and as such are governed, directed, and ordered to fulfil this and the other lust, which is done willingly and readily: these members are "yielded", presented, and given up cheerfully to this slavery; which is both scandalous and unrighteous: it is "to uncleanness"; which designs all sorts of pollution and filthiness, both of flesh and spirit: "and to iniquity"; everything that is contrary to the law, all unrighteousness and ungodliness; and it is added, "unto iniquity"; which may design all sorts of sin, a progress in it, adding continually to it; which shows them to have been thorough hearty servants of sin. Now what the apostle exhorts to, and requires of them, is, that even so now they would yield their members servants to righteousness unto holiness; that is, let the same members that have been employed in the service of sin, be made use of in the service of righteousness: let your eyes be employed in looking and diligently searching into the Scriptures of truth; your ears in hearing the Gospel preached; your lips, mouth, and tongue, in expressing the praises of God, for what he has done for you; your hands in distributing to the interest of religion, and the necessities of the saints; and your feet in hastening to attend on public worship, and observe the testimonies of the Lord: let them be employed under the same form and character as servants, waiting upon the Lord, ready to fulfil his will; and in the same manner, freely, willingly, and cheerfully, and that constantly and universally, in all acts of righteousness and holiness.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
6:19 Paul uses the Greek word sarx (human nature, or flesh) to refer to the frailty and proneness to sin that characterizes humans. Paul uses the illustration of slavery to show the relationship of the human nature to sin.