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for he has handed them over to their sins
"it is because God has allowed the power of their sin to control them" or "he punished them with the consequences of their sins."
But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request to the Almighty
Here the writer expresses the single idea of seeking God in order to present his case using two steps. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)