¹⁹ I am using a human analogy^[a](A) because of the weakness of your flesh.^[b] For just as you offered the parts^[c] of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.

²² But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God,^(A) you have your fruit, which results in sanctification^[a](B)—and the end is eternal life!^(C)

³⁰ But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness,^(A) sanctification,^(B) and redemption,^(C)

Stand Firm

¹³ But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning^[a] God has chosen^(A) you for salvation through sanctification^(B) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.