diff --git a/rom/07/04.md b/rom/07/04.md index 29e408a123..00e03956b1 100644 --- a/rom/07/04.md +++ b/rom/07/04.md @@ -1,20 +1,12 @@ -# Therefore, my brothers - -This relates back to [Romans 7:1](../07/01.md). - -# brothers - -Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women. - # you were also made dead to the law through the body of Christ -You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "you also died to the law when through Christ you died on the cross" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"you also died to the law when through Christ you died on the cross" # to him who was raised from the dead -"Raised" here is an idiom for "caused to live again." This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "to him who was caused to live again" or "to him whom God raised from the dead" or "to him whom God caused to live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) +"to him who was caused to live again" or "to him whom God raised from the dead" or "to him whom God caused to live again" # we might produce fruit for God -Here "fruit" is a metaphor for actions that please God. Alternate translation: "we might be able to do things pleasing to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"we might be able to do things pleasing to God"