Romans 6:16–22

¹⁶Do you not know that if you present yourselves ⁿto anyone as obedient slaves,³ you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷But ^othanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^pstandard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸and, ^qhaving been set free from sin, ^rhave become slaves of righteousness. ^19sI am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^tjust as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^uas slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

^20vFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ^21wBut what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^xof which you are now ashamed? ^yFor the end of those things is death. ²²But now that you ^zhave been set free from sin and ^ahave become slaves of God, ^bthe fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^cits end, eternal life.