¹⁶ Do you not ^(A)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^(B)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^(C)sin ^[a]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[b]resulting in righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(D)thanks be to God that ^[c]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^[d](E)form of teaching to which you were entrusted, ¹⁸ and after being ^(F)freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. ^19 (G)I am speaking ^[e]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just ^(H)as you presented ^[f]the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, ^[g]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present ^[h]your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, ^[i]resulting in sanctification.

²⁰ For ^(I)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. ²¹ Therefore what ^[j](J)benefit were you then ^[k]deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is ^(K)death. ²² But now having been ^(L)freed from sin and ^(M)enslaved to God, you ^[l]derive your ^[m](N)benefit, ^[n]resulting in sanctification, and ^(O)the outcome, eternal life.