Romans 6:19

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Cross-reference

Romans 6:13 Parallel

In Romans 6:13, Paul gives the same command about presenting members — here he restates it in human terms for clarity.

Romans 6:16 Parallel

Romans 6:16 establishes the slavery principle that underlies the call in this verse to present members to righteousness.

Romans 6:17 Parallel

Romans 6:17 thanks God for their transition from sin's slavery — the same transformation Paul calls for here with the slavery metaphor.

Romans 6:22 Contrast

In Romans 6:22, the same slavery metaphor yields its positive result: being slaves to God leads to sanctification and eternal life, contrasting the fruit of impurity.

Romans 6:4 Parallel

Romans 6:4 grounds the command in baptism into Christ's death and resurrection—the basis for walking in newness of life by presenting members to righteousness.

Romans 6:18 Parallel

Romans 6:18 declares believers have become slaves to righteousness—the status 6:19 commands them to live out by presenting their members.

Romans 7:5 Contrast

Romans 7:5 describes the old life where sinful passions worked in members for death—contrasting the slavery to impurity with the new slavery to righteousness.

Romans 7:6 Parallel

Romans 7:6 shows the result of dying to the law: serving in newness of the Spirit—the same new life that 6:19 calls believers to present members in righteousness.

Romans 7:23 Parallel

Romans 7:23 reveals the ongoing war in believers' members between sin and the mind—the very battle that makes the command in 6:19 to present members to righteousness a daily necessity.

Romans 12:1 Parallel

Romans 12:1 expands the command: present your bodies as a living sacrifice—the same 'presenting' language applied to the whole body as worship.

Romans 3:5 Parallel

In Romans 3:5, Paul also uses 'I speak in a human way' to qualify his argument about God's justice — same apologetic phrase.

1 Peter 4:2-4 contrasts past sinful living with living for God's will, echoing the same before-and-after pattern of presenting members.

Colossians 3:5-7 lists specific sins and says 'you once walked in these', directly mirroring the former presentation to impurity.

Ephesians 2:3 adds that we once lived in passions of the flesh and were children of wrath, reinforcing the former state of slavery to impurity.

In Galatians 3:15, Paul introduces a 'human example' to illustrate a spiritual truth — same rhetorical method as here.

1 Cor 9:27 shows Paul disciplining his body to avoid disqualification—a practical outworking of presenting members to righteousness in 6:19.

2 Cor 5:10 adds future judgment for what is done in the body—motivating the present command in 6:19 to present members to righteousness.

1 Cor 6:20 grounds the command in redemption: you were bought with a price, so glorify God in your body—the same rationale as 6:19's slave imagery.

Phil 1:20 expresses Paul's goal that Christ be honored in his body—the same intention behind 6:19's call to present members as slaves to righteousness.

John 8:34 Parallel

John 8:34 states Jesus' teaching that everyone who sins is a slave to sin — the same foundational metaphor Paul uses for presenting members to righteousness.

In 1 Kings 21:25, Ahab 'sold himself' to do evil — a vivid narrative example of slavery to sin that parallels Paul's description of impurity.

1 Corinthians 6:11 Related theme

1 Corinthians 6:11 reminds believers they were sanctified — the goal of 'presenting members to righteousness' in this verse.

1 Thessalonians 4:4 calls for controlling one's body in holiness—parallel to presenting members as slaves to righteousness.

Titus 2:12 Parallel

Titus 2:12 urges renouncing worldly passions and living godly lives—mirroring the call to present members as slaves to righteousness.