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Romans 6:20
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
Romans 6:20 · Berean Standard Bible
Romans 6:20 in other translations
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
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In context
17 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.
18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
19 I 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.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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