Romans 6:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Slaves of Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!^{[a] 16} Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, 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 thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,