14. Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law but under God’s grace.
15. So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace and not under law? No!
16. Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, or obey God. Sin brings spiritual death. But obeying God makes you right with him.
17. In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that were taught to you.
18. You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.
19. I use this example because this is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.