en_tn/rom/08/12.md

translationWords

• en:tw:brother
• en:tw:death
• en:tw:flesh
• en:tw:holyspirit
• en:tw:life

translationNotes

• So then - "Because what I have just told you is true"
• brothers - "fellow believers"
• we are debtors - Paul is comparing obedience to paying back a debt. Alternate translation: "we need to obey." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• but not to the flesh to live according to the flesh - "but we do not need to obey our sinful desires"
• For if you live according to the flesh - "Because if you live only to please your sinful desires"
• you are about to die - "you will certainly be separated from God"
• but if by the Spirit you put to death the body's actions - Alternate translation, as a new sentence: "But if by the power of the Holy Spirit you stop obeying your sinful desires."