Romans 6:17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Note d'étude
Study Note
Paul's thanksgiving 'that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you' reveals that conversion involves not merely a change of allegiance but a transfer of governing teaching — from sin's control to the 'form of doctrine' (tupon didachēs, pattern or mold of teaching). The phrase 'from the heart' (ek kardias) ensures that the obedience described is genuinely interior and voluntary, not merely behavioral compliance, echoing Jeremiah 31:33's new-covenant promise of law written on the heart. The metaphor of being 'delivered into' a mold of teaching (as molten metal poured into a mold takes its shape) implies that the gospel tradition's specific doctrinal content forms the believer's mind and will from the inside. The verse supports the importance of catechesis and doctrinal formation in the process of Christian discipleship.
Autres traductions
But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and--were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
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