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# Do not present your members to sin, to be tools used for unrighteousness
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The picture is of the sinner offering his "members," the parts of his body to his master or king. One's "members" are a synecdoche for the whole person. Alternate translation: "Do not offer yourselves to sin so that you do what is not right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# But present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life
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Here the words "brought ... to life" refer to the believer's new spiritual life. Alternate translation: "But offer yourselves to God because he has given you new spiritual life" or "But offer yourselves to God as those who had died and are now alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# present your members to God as tools to be used for righteousness
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Here "members" is a synecdoche that refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "let God use you for what is pleasing to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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