6 We know that ^wour old self^{1 x}was crucified with him in order that ^ythe body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ⁿto anyone as obedient slaves,¹ you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But ^othanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^pstandard of teaching to which you were committed,

20 ^vFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.