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 "Because what I have just told you is true"
 
-# brothers
-
-Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
-
-# we are debtors, but not to
-
-Paul is speaking of obedience as if it were paying back a debt. Alternate translation: "we need to obey, but not" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
-
 # but not to the flesh to live according to the flesh
 
-Again Paul speaks of obedience as if it were paying back a debt. You can include the implied word "debtors." Alternate translation: "but we are not debtors to the flesh, and we do not have to obey our sinful desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"but we are not debtors to the flesh, and we do not have to obey our sinful desires"