unfoldingWord_en_tn/tit/03/03.md

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# For
"Because"
# once
"formerly" or "at some time" or "previously"
# thoughtless
"foolish" or "unwise"
# led astray ... by various passions and pleasures
Paul speaks of our sinful desires as if they were people who led us off the right path. AT: "we were deceived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# enslaved by various passions and pleasures
Paul speaks of our formerly extremely strong desires to do wrong as if they had been our slavemasters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# passions
"lusts" or "desires"
# We lived in evil and envy
Here "evil" and "envy" are similar words for sin. AT: "We were always doing evil things and wanting what others have" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hendiadys]])
# We were detestable
"We caused others to hate us"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/disobey]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]