Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey--with the view of obeying him. his servants ye are to whom ye obey--to whom ye yield that obedience. whether of Sin unto death--that is, "issuing in death," in the awful sense of Rom 8:6, as the sinner's final condition. or of Obedience unto righteousness--that is, obedience resulting in a righteous character, as the enduring condition of the servant of new Obedience (Jo1 2:17; Joh 8:34; Pe2 2:19; Mat 6:24).