¹⁷ But thanks be to God^(A) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,^(B) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching^(C) that has now claimed your allegiance.

²⁵ Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!^(A)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,^(B) but in my sinful nature^[a] a slave to the law of sin.^(C)

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God!^(A) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^(B)

¹⁵ Thanks be to God^(A) for his indescribable gift!^(B)