36 lines
1021 B
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36 lines
1021 B
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# For
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"Because"
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# once
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"formerly" or "at some time" or "previously"
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# thoughtless
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"foolish" or "unwise"
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# led astray ... by various passions and pleasures
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Paul speaks of our sinful desires as if they were people who led us off the right path. AT: "we were deceived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]]) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# enslaved by various passions and pleasures
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Paul speaks of our formerly extremely strong desires to do wrong as if they had been our slavemasters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]]) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# passions
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"lusts" or "desires"
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# We lived in evil and envy
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Here "evil" and "envy" are similar words for sin. AT: "We were always doing evil things and wanting what others have" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hendiadys]])
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# We were detestable
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"We caused others to hate us"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/disobey]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] |