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The meaning is that by our conduct we show which master we are under; and we cannot serve two (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; cf. John 8:34, "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin;" and 1 John 3:7, "He that doeth righteousness is righteous").
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Read full chapter
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him. 17 In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that you were taught. 18 You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.
God's promises to us are more powerful and effectual for mortifying sin, than our promises to God. Sin may struggle in a real believer, and create him a great deal of trouble, but it shall not have dominion; it may vex him, but it shall not rule over him.
Read Romans 6:15 NKJV in the New King James Bible: "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!"
What does Romans 6:15 mean? Paul asks a strange question in light of what he just wrote in the previous verses. He has said that sin has no dominion or authority over us because we are not under the law but under God's grace through faith in Christ.
