Paul continues to use slavery as a metaphor for obedience and disobedience to God. ## I speak like a man ## Paul is describing "sin" and "obedience" as "slavery." AT: "I am speaking about slavery to describe sin and obedience" ## because of the weakness of your flesh ## Often Paul uses the word "flesh" as the opposite of "spirit." AT: "because you do not fully understand spiritual things" ## presented your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and to evil ## Here, "body parts" refers to the whole person. AT: "offered yourselves as slaves to everything that is evil and not pleasing to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) ## present your body parts as slaves to righteousness for sanctification ## AT: "offer yourselves as slaves to what right before God so that he might set you apart and give you the power to serve him" ​ ## What fruit then did you have at that time of the things of which you are now ashamed? ## Paul is using a question to emphasize that sinning results in nothing good. AT: "You gained nothing by doing those things that now cause you shame." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])