I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand, just as you used to be slaves to all kinds of sin, so now you must let yourselves be slaves to all that is right and holy.

Romans 6:19-23 in those days when you were slaves of sin you didn’t bother much with goodness.

²¹ And what was the result? Evidently not good, since you are ashamed now even to think about those things you used to do, for all of them end in eternal doom.

²² But now you are free from the power of sin and are slaves of God, and His benefits to you include holiness and everlasting life.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.