12. So don't let sin rule your body, which is going to die. Don't obey its evil longings.
13. Don't give the parts of your body to serve sin. Don't let them be used to do evil. Instead, give yourselves to God. You have been brought from death to life. Give the parts of your body to him to do what is right.
14. Sin will not be your master. Law does not rule you. God's grace has set you free.
15. What should we say then? Should we sin because we are not ruled by law but by God's grace? Not at all!
16. Don't you know that when you give yourselves to obey someone you become that person's slave? You can be slaves of sin. Then you will die. Or you can be slaves who obey God. Then you will live a godly life.
17. You used to be slaves of sin. But thank God that with your whole heart you obeyed the teachings you were given!
18. You have been set free from sin. You have become slaves to right living.
19. Because you are human, you find this hard to understand. So I have said it in a way that will help you understand it. You used to give the parts of your body to be slaves to unclean living. You were becoming more and more evil. Now give your bodies to be slaves to right living. Then you will become holy.
20. Once you were slaves of sin. At that time right living did not control you.
21. What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!