Romans 6:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRomans 6:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
οἴδατε
eídō
G1492
to see
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ᾧ
hós
G3739
who
παριστάνετε
parístēmi
G3936
to present
ἑαυτοὺς
heautoû
G1438
himself
δούλους
doûlos
G1401
slave
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
ὑπακοήν
hypakoḗ
G5218
obedience
δοῦλοί
doûlos
G1401
slave
ἐστε
eimí
G1510
to be
ᾧ
hós
G3739
who
ὑπακούετε
hypakoúō
G5219
to listen
ἤτοι
ḗtoi
G2273
whether
ἁμαρτίας
hamartía
G266
sin
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
θάνατον
thánatos
G2288
death
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ὑπακοῆς
hypakoḗ
G5218
obedience
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
δικαιοσύνην
dikaiosýnē
G1343
righteousness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
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King James Version Public Domain
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Do you not know that to what you keep presenting yourselves slaves for obedience, you become slaves to what you obey—whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).