Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
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I speak after the manner of men (ανθρωπινον λεγω). "I speak a human word." He begs pardon for using "slaving" in connection with r…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
I speak after the manner of men. I speak as men usually speak; or I draw an illustration from common life, in order to make myself better …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
I speak after the manner of men.—I am using a merely human figure of speech—a figure taken from common human relations, a…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh:…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Reviewing his own remarks, Paul grants that he has spoken “in human terms” (v.19). This is a kind of apology for having described the Christian lif…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
I speak what is human, etc. He says that he speaks in the manner of men, not as to the substance but as to the manner. So Christ …
John Gill
JohnGill
I speak after the manner of men
This refers either to what the apostle had said already concerning service and liber…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Every man is the servant of the master to whose commands he yields himself; whether it is the sinful dispositions of his heart, in actions which le…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After showing with a reason based on God’s grace that we should not continue in sin but should serve God, the Apostle shows the same thin…
A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson