¹⁶ For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.

¹³ For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

²² But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

²² And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.

Freedom in Christ

5 So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

¹⁸ Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

²⁵ But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

¹² So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free.

⁶ Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.

¹⁹ They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.