¹⁶ Do you not know that ^(A)to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

^23 (A)You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

¹⁰ For ^(A)do I now ^(B)persuade men, or God? Or ^(C)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

^24 (A)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; ^(B)for^[a] you serve the Lord Christ.