²² But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.^(A)

¹⁶ As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.^(A)

¹⁸ and that you, having been set free from sin, have become enslaved to righteousness.^(A)

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

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

²² For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave belonging to Christ.^(A)

¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?”

⁹ for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.^[a]

Salutation

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness,

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit^[a] that accumulates to your account.^(A)