Romans 6:19 (WEB)
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
Catechism · 1
“But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 6:19, 22.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“For Paul too saith, “Like as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 19. [R.V., “sanctification.”]
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Basil the Great
“She has revolted from God, her Saviour, and yielded her members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity.” — editor's note: cf. Rom. vi. 19.
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Tertullian
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”” — editor's note: Vers. 19–23.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §1995.
Cited together in Catechism §1995.