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# So then
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"Because what I have just told you is true"
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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# we are debtors, but not to
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Paul is speaking of obedience as if it were paying back a debt. Alternate translation: "we need to obey, but not" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# but not to the flesh to live according to the flesh
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Again Paul speaks of obedience as if it were paying back a debt. You can include the implied word "debtors." Alternate translation: "but we are not debtors to the flesh, and we do not have to obey our sinful desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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