Romans 6

¹⁶ Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him.
¹⁷ In the past you were slaves to sin--sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that you were taught.
¹⁸ You were made free from sin, and now you are slaves to goodness.
¹⁹ I use this example because this is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil; you lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.
²⁰ In the past you were slaves to sin, and goodness did not control you.
²¹ You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of them. Those things only bring death.
²² But now you are free from sin and have become slaves of God. This brings you a life that is only for God, and this gives you life forever.

²³ When people sin, they earn what sin pays -- death. But God gives us a free gift -- life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

^7:1 7:1 Brothers and sisters, all of you understand the law of Moses. So surely you know that the law rules over people only while they are alive. (NCV)

Exodus 34

² Be ready in the morning to come up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain.
³ No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is allowed anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain."
⁴ So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the LORD had told him, carrying the two stone tablets in his hands.
⁵ Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and called out his own name, "the LORD," as Moses stood there in his presence.
^6a He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD,

⁶ I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
⁷ I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished,"

^7b but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."
⁸ Moses immediately fell to the ground and worshiped.
⁹ And he said, "If it is true that I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, then please go with us. Yes, this is an unruly and stubborn people, but please pardon our iniquity and our sins. Accept us as your own special possession." (NLT)