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# For once we ourselves
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"This is because we ourselves were once"
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# once
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"formerly" or "at some time" or "previously"
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# we ourselves
"even we" or "we also"
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# were thoughtless
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"were foolish" or "were unwise"
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# We were led astray and enslaved by various passions and pleasures
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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. Alternate translation: "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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