¹³ and do not go on ^(A)presenting ^[a]the parts of your body to sin as ^[b]instruments of unrighteousness; but ^(B)present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and ^[c]your body’s parts as ^[d]instruments of righteousness for God.

¹⁶ Do you not ^(A)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^(B)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^(C)sin ^[a]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[b]resulting in righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(D)thanks be to God that ^[c]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^[d](E)form of teaching to which you were entrusted,