<p>6:20&nbsp;<i>For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness</i>- Gk. &lsquo;not a slave of&rsquo;. Again Paul is labouring the point that one cannot serve two masters. And he does so in a way which makes us think: &lsquo;That&rsquo;s stating the obvious Why are you repeatedly stating the obvious?&rsquo;. He does this because it&rsquo;s not obvious to us that we really are servants of &ldquo;righteousness&rdquo; rather than &ldquo;sin&rdquo;. We wonder whether we are really counted as righteous or not. Note here that the names of the two slave masters are &ldquo;sin&rdquo; and &ldquo;righteousness&rdquo;- in Rom. 6:16 they were &ldquo;sin&rdquo; and &ldquo;obedience&rdquo;. We are slaves of Christ, He is our righteousness, and it is counted to us; so &ldquo;righteousness&rdquo; is an appropriate title for Him, &ldquo;the Lord our righteousness&rdquo;.</p>