^20 (A)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ^21 (B)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^(C)of which you are now ashamed? ^(D)For the end of those things is death. ²² But now that you ^(E)have been set free from sin and ^(F)have become slaves of God, ^(G)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(H)its end, eternal life.

Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^{[a] 2} For the law of ^(A)the Spirit of life ^(B)has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³ For ^(C)God has done what the law, ^(D)weakened by the flesh, ^(E)could not do. ^(F)By sending his own Son ^(G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and ^(H)for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that ^(I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^(J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ ^(A)the faithful witness, ^(B)the firstborn of the dead, and ^(C)the ruler of kings on earth.

To ^(D)him who loves us and ^(E)has freed us from our sins by his blood