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Romans 6:16-23

Romans 6:16-23 TOJB2011

Do you not know that when you give control of yourselves as someoneʼs avadim (slaves) to obey him, you are the avadim (slaves) of the one you obey, whether of Chet (Sin) resulting in mavet (death), or of Lishmo'a b'kol HASHEM (Listening to the voice of HASHEM, mishma'at, obedience) resulting in Tzedek Olamim? But Baruch HASHEM (Blessed be G-d) that you used to be avadim (slaves) of Chet, but you gave your mishma'at shebalev (obedience from the heart) to the pattern of Torah (the pnimiyus Torah of Moshiach) to which you were handed over. Having been set free from Chet (sin), you became an eved of the Tzidkat HASHEM (the righteousness of G-d). I speak in human terms on account of the weakness of your frail fallen humanity. For just as you handed over your natural capacities as avadim (slaves) to tum'a (uncleanness) and to lawlessness which results in lawlessness, so now hand over your natural capacities as servants of Tzidkat HASHEM which results in kedushah (holiness). For when you were avadim (slaves) of Chet, you were free in relation to Tzedek Olamim. What p'ri for HASHEM did you produce then? Things for which you now have bushah (shame), for the end result of those things is mavet (death). But now, having been set free from Chet (sin) and having been made an eved HASHEM (a servant of G-d), you have your p'ri for HASHEM, resulting in kedushah, and the end is Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life). For the loin (wages) that Chet (Sin) pays out of its own payroll is mavet (death); however, the gracious matnat hachesed HASHEM (the gift of the grace of G-d) is Chayyei Olam baMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.

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