The sixth chapter of Romans is thick with the Christian duty of holiness. It uses two analogies to make to point. First, the analogy of being dead to sin and joining Christ with his resurrection. Second, the analogy that we should be slaves to God and he is our master.
Regarding slavery, it has direct application today than in the time of the Roman empire in which slavery was common. I think the Paul's Epistle to Philemon was about a former slave. I also assume that some of the people in the Roman church were in fact slaves.
Verse 13 stands out to me. It says in part that we should not offer the parts of our bodies to sin, but rather to God. It reminds me of Paul's lengthy discussions in 1 Corinthians in the context of considering the body as a temple for God.
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