³² and you will ^(A)know the truth, and the truth ^(B)will set you free.”

² For the law of ^(A)the Spirit of life ^(B)has set you^[a] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

³⁶ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

^17 (A)Sanctify them^[a] in the truth; ^(B)your word is truth.

^16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but ^(B)living as servants^[a] of God.

⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am ^(A)the way, and ^(B)the truth, and ^(C)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

²² But now that you ^(A)have been set free from sin and ^(B)have become slaves of God, ^(C)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(D)its end, eternal life.

¹⁴ For ^(A)sin ^(B)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(C)Are we to sin ^(D)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶ Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^(E)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 ^(F)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^(G)standard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸ and, ^(H)having been set free from sin, ^(I)have become slaves of righteousness.

The Year of the Lord's Favor