16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,¹ you are slaves of the one whom you obey, ^weither of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

3 For ⁱwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, ^jslaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are ⁿslaves¹ of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.