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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul talks about the struggle inside his inner man between sin in his inner man and his mind with the law of God—between sin and good.
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# So
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Paul is introducing a new topic.
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# did what is good become death to me?
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Paul uses this question to add emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# what is good
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This refers to God's law.
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# become death to me
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"cause me to die"
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# May it never be
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This expression gives the strongest possible negative answer to the preceding rhetorical question. You may have a similar expression in your language that you could use here. Alternate translation: "Of course that is not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# sin ... produced death in me
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Paul speaks of sin as though it were a person who could act. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# produced death in me
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Paul speaks of being separated from God as if he were literally dead. Alternate translation: "separated me from God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# through the commandment
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"because I disobeyed the commandment"
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