³⁶ So if the Son sets you free,^(A) you will be free indeed.

¹⁸ You have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves to righteousness.^(B)

¹⁶ no longer as a slave,^(A) but better than a slave, as a dear brother.^(B) He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.