ACC ~ Romans 6 v20

THE “FREEDOM” THAT EXISTS UNDER SLAVERY. ORIGEN: Here free means “alien,” and rightly so. For no one can serve sin and righteousness at the same time, as the Savior said: “No one can serve two masters.” COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

FREEDOM FROM GOD IS SLAVERY TO SIN. AMBROSIASTER: It is clear that whoever is free of God is a slave of sin. For as long as he sins he goes away from God and comes under sin. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

NO SPLIT ALLEGIANCES. CHRYSOSTOM: In the past you did not split your service between righteousness and sin but were wholly given over to sin. So now that you have come over to the side of righteousness, you should do the same thing and give yourselves over entirely to righteousness, doing nothing at all that is wicked. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 12.

PELAGIUS: As you are in no way slaves to sin inwardly, you should become free of every sin. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

PROSPER OF AQUITAINE: He who serves the devil is free from God, but he who being freed serves God is free from the devil. As a result it is apparent that a false liberty could have been had from a defect of the human will but that a true liberty could not have been received without the help of the liberator.GRACE AND FREE WILL 9.5.

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