OET interlinear ROM 12:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθάπερ Γάρ ἐν ἑνί σώματι πολλά μέλη ἔχομεν τά δέ μέλη παντᾶ οὒ τήν αὐτήν ἔχει πρᾶξιν)

For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. Here, For indicates that what follows is the reason why Paul’s readers should “think with a sound mind,” as stated in the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: [You must do this because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

καθάπερ

just_as

Here, just as indicates that what follows in this verse is a simile. Paul uses this simile to compare all believers in Christ to the parts of a human body. Since Paul explains the comparison in the next verse, you do not need to express the meaning plainly here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθάπερ Γάρ ἐν ἑνί σώματι πολλά μέλη ἔχομεν τά δέ μέλη παντᾶ οὒ τήν αὐτήν ἔχει πρᾶξιν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of function, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [function for the same purposes]