Discovery BoxRomans 6:17-18 
Context6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed 1 from the heart that pattern 2 of teaching you were entrusted to, 6:18 and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
Romans 6:22
Context6:22 But now, freed 3 from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit 4 leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
1 tn Grk “you were slaves of sin but you obeyed.”
2 tn Or “type, form.”
3 tn The two aorist participles translated “freed” and “enslaved” are causal in force; their full force is something like “But now, since you have become freed from sin and since you have become enslaved to God….”
4 tn Grk “fruit.”
