Romans 6:15-23

New American Standard Bible

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

²⁰ For ^(K)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. ²¹ Therefore what ^[l](L)benefit were you then ^[m]deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is ^(M)death. ²² But now having been ^(N)freed from sin and ^(O)enslaved to God, you ^[n]derive your ^[o](P)benefit, ^[p]resulting in sanctification, and ^(Q)the outcome, eternal life. ²³ For the wages of ^(R)sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is ^(S)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.