Romans 6:12-18

12Therefore sin is not to 1reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13and do not go on 2presenting 3the parts of your body to sin as 4instruments of unrighteousness; but 5present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and 6your body’s parts as 7instruments of righteousness for God. 14For 8sin shall not 9be master over you, for 10you are not under 11the Law but 12under grace.

15What then? 13Are we to sin because we are not under 14the Law but under grace? 1516Far from it! 16Do you not 17know that the one to whom you present yourselves as 18slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of 19sin 20resulting in death, or of obedience 21resulting in righteousness? 17But 22thanks be to God that 23though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that 2425form of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18and after being 26freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.