²⁰ For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from allegiance to righteousness.^{[a](A) 21} So what fruit was produced^[b] then from the things you are now ashamed of?^(B) For the end of those things is death.^{(C) 22} But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God,^(D) you have your fruit, which results in sanctification^[c](E)—and the end is eternal life!^{(F) 23} For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.^(G)