¹⁶ Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone^[a] as obedient slaves,^(A) you are slaves of that one you obey^(B)—either of sin leading to death^(C) or of obedience leading to righteousness?

²⁰ For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.^[a](A)

²¹ So what fruit was produced^[a] then from the things you are now ashamed of?^(A) The outcome of those things is death.^(B)