¹² Therefore sin is not to ^(A)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, ¹³ and do not go on ^(B)presenting ^[a]the parts of your body to sin as ^[b]instruments of unrighteousness; but ^(C)present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and ^[c]your body’s parts as ^[d]instruments of righteousness for God. ¹⁴ For ^(D)sin shall not ^(E)be master over you, for ^(F)you are not under ^[e]the Law but ^(G)under grace.

¹⁵ What then? ^(H)Are we to sin because we are not under ^[f]the Law but under grace? ^[g](I)Far from it! ¹⁶ Do you not ^(J)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^(K)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^(L)sin ^[h]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[i]resulting in righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(M)thanks be to God that ^[j]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^[k](N)form of teaching to which you were entrusted, ¹⁸ and after being ^(O)freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. ^19 (P)I am speaking ^[l]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just ^(Q)as you presented ^[m]the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, ^[n]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present ^[o]your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, ^[p]resulting in sanctification.

²⁰ For ^(R)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. ²¹ Therefore what ^[q](S)benefit were you then ^[r]deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is ^(T)death. ²² But now having been ^(U)freed from sin and ^(V)enslaved to God, you ^[s]derive your ^[t](W)benefit, ^[u]resulting in sanctification, and ^(X)the outcome, eternal life. ²³ For the wages of ^(Y)sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is ^(Z)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.