Romans 6:15-23

15What then? 1Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? 2May it never be! 16Do you not 3know that when you present yourselves to someone as 4slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of 5sin 6resulting in death, or of obedience 7resulting in righteousness? 17But 8thanks be to God that 9though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that 10form of teaching to which you were committed, 18and having been 11freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 1912I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just 13as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, 14resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, 15resulting in sanctification.

20For 16when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21Therefore what 1718benefit were you then 19deriving 20from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is 21death. 22But now having been 22freed from sin and 23enslaved to God, you 24derive your 2526benefit, 27resulting in sanctification, and 28the outcome, eternal life. 23For the wages of 29sin is death, but the free gift of God is 30eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.