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# But thanks be to God!

"But I thank God!"

# For you were slaves of sin

Being "slaves of sin" is a metaphor meaning they have such a strong desire to sin that they are unable to keep from sinning. It is as if sin controls the person. Alternate translation: "you were like slaves of sin" or "you were unable to keep from sinning" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# but you have obeyed from the heart

Here the word "heart" refers to having sincere or honest motives for doing something. Alternate translation: "but you truly obeyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# the pattern of teaching that you were given

Here "pattern" refers to the way of living that leads to righteousness. The believers change their old way of living to match this new way of living that Christian leaders teach to them. You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "the teaching that Christian leaders gave you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# But thanks be to God!`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"But I thank God!"`
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Fixed notes for slavery metaphor 2017-10-18 21:55:56 +00:00			`# For you were slaves of sin`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Being "slaves of sin" is a metaphor meaning they have such a strong desire to sin that they are unable to keep from sinning. It is as if sin controls the person. Alternate translation: "you were like slaves of sin" or "you were unable to keep from sinning" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# but you have obeyed from the heart`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here the word "heart" refers to having sincere or honest motives for doing something. Alternate translation: "but you truly obeyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the pattern of teaching that you were given`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "pattern" refers to the way of living that leads to righteousness. The believers change their old way of living to match this new way of living that Christian leaders teach to them. You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "the teaching that Christian leaders gave you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00