¹² Let not ^(A)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. ^13 (B)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^(C)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. ¹⁴ For ^(D)sin ^(E)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(F)Are we to sin ^(G)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶ Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^(H)to anyone as obedient slaves,^[a] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(I)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^(J)standard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸ and, ^(K)having been set free from sin, ^(L)have become slaves of righteousness. ^19 (M)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^(N)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^(O)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

^20 (P)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ^21 (Q)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^(R)of which you are now ashamed? ^(S)For the end of those things is death. ²² But now that you ^(T)have been set free from sin and ^(U)have become slaves of God, ^(V)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(W)its end, eternal life. ^23 (X)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

^5 (A)These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of ^(B)the Samaritans,

^21 (A)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ^22 (B)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(C)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they ^(D)persecute you in one town, ^(E)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ^(F)before the Son of Man comes.

^24 (G)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant^[a] above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. ^(H)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign^[b] those of his household.

Have No Fear

²⁶ “So have no fear of them, ^(I)for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on ^(J)the housetops. ²⁸ And ^(K)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him ^(L)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.^{[c] 29} Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?^[d] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰ But ^(M)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; ^(N)you are of more value than many sparrows. ^32 (O)So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but ^(P)whoever denies me before men, ^(Q)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.