⁵⁵ for the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt.^(A) I am the Lord your God.^(B)

²² But now that you have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves of God,^(B) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.^(C)

²² For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;^(A) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.^(B)

²³ You were bought at a price;^(A) do not become slaves of human beings.