Romans 6:16-18
Read Romans 6 in full →16Do you not aknow that when you go on presenting yourselves to someone as bslaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of csin 1leading to death, or of obedience 2leading to righteousness? 17But athanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that bpattern of teaching to which you were cgiven over, 18and having been afreed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.