Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Romans 6:19 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Romans 6:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 6 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”
Romans 6:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 6:19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh—anthrōpinon legō dia tēn astheneian tēs sarkos hymōn (ἀνθρώπινον λέγω διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν). Paul acknowledges his slavery metaphor is anthrōpinon (ἀνθρώπινον, human, in human terms)—imperfect but pedagogically helpful. Astheneia tēs sarkos (ἀσθένεια τῆς σαρκός, weakness of the flesh) refers to intellectual/spiritual dullness, not physical frailty—they need concrete metaphors to grasp spiritual realities. Sarx (σάρξ, flesh) here means fallen human nature with its limited understanding.For as ye have yielded you...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 6:19
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“but present yourselves to God”
“but for the will of God.”
“uncleanness”
“according to the prince of the powers of the air”
“his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death”
“but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus”
“what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.”
“speaking of human terms”
“Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?”
“for they will proceed further in ungodliness”