Readings for Lent and Easter

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

¹⁵ What then? ^(H)Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? ^(I)May it never be! ¹⁶ Do you not ^(J)know that when you present yourselves to someone as ^(K)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of ^(L)sin ^[d]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[e]resulting in righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(M)thanks be to God that ^[f]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^(N)form of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸ and having been ^(O)freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.