¹⁶ Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey^(A)—whether you are slaves to sin,^(B) which leads to death,^(C) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

²⁰ you were bought at a price.^(A) Therefore honor God with your bodies.^(B)

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