Romans 6:17-22 But thanks be to God that although you used to be the slaves of the sin you wholeheartedly obeyed that pattern of doctrine into which you were delivered.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ But thanks be to God that although you used to be the slaves of the sin you wholeheartedly obeyed that pattern of doctrine into which you were delivered. ¹⁸ So having been emancipated from the sin, you became enslaved to the righteousness. ¹⁹ I continue to speak on a human level because of the weakness of your flesh. Now just as you used to present your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and to ever increasing lawlessness, so now present your body parts as slaves to righteousness with a view to sanctification. ²⁰ For when you were slaves to the sin, you were ‘free’ from the righteousness. ²¹ So what ‘fruit’ did you have at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? The end of those things is death! ²² But now, having been emancipated from the sin, and having become enslaved to God, you have your ‘fruit’ into sanctification—and the end is eternal life!