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Therefore do not let sin ^(t)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,

and do not go on ^(u)presenting ^[g]the members of your body to sin as ^[h]instruments of unrighteousness; but ^(v)present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as ^[i]instruments of righteousness to God.

For ^(w)sin shall not ^(x)be master over you, for ^(y)you are not under law but ^(z)under grace.

What then? ^(aa)Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? ^(ab)May it never be!

Do you not ^(ac)know that when you present yourselves to someone as ^(ad)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of ^(ae)sin ^[j]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[k]resulting in righteousness?

But ^(af)thanks be to God that ^[l]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^(ag)form of teaching to which you were committed,

and having been ^(ah)freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

^(ai)I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just ^(aj)as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, ^[m]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, ^[n]resulting in sanctification.

For ^(ak)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

Therefore what ^[o](al)benefit were you then ^[p]deriving ^[q]from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is ^(am)death.

But now having been ^(an)freed from sin and ^(ao)enslaved to God, you ^[r]derive your ^[s](ap)benefit, ^[t]resulting in sanctification, and ^(aq)the outcome, eternal life.