⁶ The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? ^7 (A)If you do well, will you not be accepted?^[a] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. ^(B)Its desire is contrary to^[b] you, but you must rule over it.”

⁶ We know that ^(A)our old self^{[a] (B)}was crucified with him in order that ^(C)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

¹⁸ and, ^(A)having been set free from sin, ^(B)have become slaves of righteousness.

²² But now that you ^(A)have been set free from sin and ^(B)have become slaves of God, ^(C)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(D)its end, eternal life.

³ In the same way we also, when we were children, ^(A)were enslaved to the elementary principles^[a] of the world.

Paul's Concern for the Galatians

⁸ Formerly, when you ^(A)did not know God, you ^(B)were enslaved to those that by nature ^(C)are not gods.

^24 (A)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^(B)money.^[a]

^34 (A)And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,^{[a] (B)}until he should pay all his debt.