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# For you were slaves of sin
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"you were like slaves of sin" or "you were unable to keep from sinning"
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# but you have obeyed from the heart
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"but you truly obeyed"
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# the pattern of teaching that you were given
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"the teaching that Christian leaders gave you"
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