“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. — The contrast is absolute: formerly enslaved to sin and reaping death; now enslaved to God and reaping ἁγιασμός (hagiasmos, "holiness") and ζωὴ αἰώνιος (zōē aiōnios, "eternal life"). The teleology shifts from deterioration to sanctification. Slavery to God is the road to genuine freedom and eternal fellowship.
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