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I speak like a man
"Here I am using examples from everyday life"
because of the weakness of your flesh
Often Paul uses the word "flesh" as the opposite of "spirit." AT: "because you do not fully understand spiritual things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
presented the parts of your body as slaves to uncleanness and to evil
Here, "body parts" refers to the whole person. AT: "offered yourselves as slaves to everything that is evil and not pleasing to God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
present the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness for sanctification
Here "body parts" refers to the whole person. AT: "offer yourselves as slaves to what is right before God so that he might set you apart and give you the power to serve him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
you were free from righteousness
Here "free from righteousness" is a metaphor for living as though they had no obligation to do what is righteous. AT: "you lived without thinking about righteousness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
At that time, what fruit then did you have of the things of which you are now ashamed?
"Fruit" here is a metaphor for "result" or "outcome." Paul is using a question to emphasize that sinning results in nothing good. AT: "Nothing good came from those things that now cause you shame" or "You gained nothing by doing those things that now cause you shame" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)