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Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
Do you not know to have seen or perceived, hence to know H3609    
that when usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-DMS H3739 ᾧ ō
you present to place beside, to present, stand by, appear V-PIA-2P H3936 παριστάνετε paristanete
yourselves of himself, herself, itself RefPro-AM3P H1438 ἑαυτοὺς eautous
to someone usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-DMS H3739 ᾧ ō
[as] slaves a slave N-NMP H1401 δούλους doulous
for obedience, obedience N-GFS H5218 ὑπακοήν upakoēn
you are slaves a slave N-NMP H1401 δοῦλοι douloi
of the one whom usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-DMS H3739    
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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you obey, to listen, attend to V-PIA-2P H5219 ὑπακούετε upakouete
either whether Conj H2273 ἤτοι ētoi
of sin a sin, failure N-GFS H266 ἁμαρτίας amartias
resulting to or into (indicating the point reached or entered, of place, time, fig. purpose, result) Prep H1519 εἰς eis
in death, death N-AMS H2288 θάνατον thanaton
or or, than Conj H2228 ἢ ē
of obedience obedience N-GFS H5218 ὑπακοῆς upakoēs
resulting to or into (indicating the point reached or entered, of place, time, fig. purpose, result) Prep H1519 εἰς eis
in righteousness? righteousness, justice N-AFS H1343 δικαιοσύνην dikaiosunēn

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
King James Bible Do you not know Know ye not, that when you present to whom ye yield yourselves servants to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin resulting in unto death, or of obedience resulting in unto righteousness?
Berean Bible Do you not know that when to whom you present yield yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one to him whom you obey, either whether of sin resulting in to death, or of obedience resulting in to righteousness?
Hebrew Greek English Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?