From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

¹⁵ What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?^(A) Absolutely not!^{(B) 16} Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone^[a] as obedient slaves,^(C) you are slaves of that one you obey^(D)—either of sin leading to death^(E) or of obedience leading to righteousness? ¹⁷ But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin,^(F) you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed^[b] over,^{(G) 18} and having been set free from sin,^(H) you became enslaved to righteousness. ¹⁹ I am using a human analogy^(I) because of the weakness of your flesh.^[c] For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.