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  • do not let sin rule...Do not allow sin to rule - "Sin" is described as a person's king or master. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
  • your mortal body - This phrase refers to the physical part of a person, which will die. Alternate translation: "you." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)
  • in order that you obey its lusts - The master, "sin," wants the sinner to obey the master's commands to do evil things.
  • Do not present your body parts to sin as tools for unrighteousness - The picture is of the sinner offering his "body parts" to his master or king. Alternate translation: "Do not offer yourselves to sin so that you do what is not right." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)
  • but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead - "but offer yourselves to God, because he has given you new spiritual life"
  • your body parts as tools for righteousness for God - "let God use you for what is pleasing to him"
  • Do not allow sin to rule over you - "Do not let sinful desires control what you do" or "Do not allow yourselves to do the sinful things you want to do"
  • for you are not under law - The full meaning can be made explicit: "for you are no longer bound to the Law of Moses, which could not give you the power to stop sinning." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit)
  • but under grace - The full meaning can be made explicit: "but you are bound to God's grace, which does give you the power to stop sinning."