⁴ In the same way, my brothers and sisters, ·your old selves died, and you became free from the law [^Lyou died to the law] through the body of Christ. This happened so that you might belong to someone else—the One who was raised from the dead—and so that we might ·be used in service to [^Lbear fruit for] God. ⁵ [^LFor] When we were ·ruled by [controlled by; living in; ^Lin] ·our sinful selves [our sinful nature; ^Tthe flesh], sinful ·desires [passions] stirred up by the law were at work ·in our bodies [or within us; ^Lin our members/parts], so the things we did ·were bringing us [^Lproduced fruit leading to] death. ⁶ But now we have been freed from the law, since we have died to that which ·held us like prisoners [controlled us; ^Lheld us]. So now we serve God in a new way ·with [by means of; in the power of] the Spirit, and not in the old way ·with written rules [or of the written law; ^Lof the letter].