OET interlinear ROM 6:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

μηδὲ παριστάνετε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν, ὅπλα ἀδικίας τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ἀλλὰ παραστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς τῷ Θεῷ, ὡσεὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας, καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν, ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης τῷ Θεῷ

not /be/_presenting the members ˱of˲_you_all ˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_unrighteousness ¬the ˱to˲_sin but present yourselves ¬the ˱to˲_God as_if from /the/_dead living and the members ˱of˲_you_all ˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_righteousness ¬the ˱to˲_God

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses in order to emphasize the similar ideas. Alternate translation: “And do not keep presenting your members as tools of unrighteousness to sin, but present your members as tools of righteousness to God. And present yourselves to God, as living from dead ones”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μηδὲ παριστάνετε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν, ὅπλα ἀδικίας τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ & καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν, ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης τῷ Θεῷ

not /be/_presenting the members ˱of˲_you_all ˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_unrighteousness ¬the ˱to˲_sin & and the members ˱of˲_you_all ˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_righteousness ¬the ˱to˲_God

Paul speaks of body parts as if they were tools that could be offered to someone or used by someone. He means that he wants his readers to stop using their body parts for sinning, but instead to use them to live in the way God wants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “And do not keep using your members to act unrighteously by sinning … and use your members to act righteously for God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὅπλα ἀδικίας

˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_unrighteousness

Paul is using the possessive form to describe tools that are characterized by unrighteousness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “as unrighteous tools” or “as tools for living unrighteously”

ὅπλα & ὅπλα

˱as˲_weapons & ˱as˲_weapons

The word translated as tools often refers to “weapons.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “as weapons … as weapons”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀδικίας & δικαιοσύνης

˱of˲_unrighteousness & ˱of˲_righteousness

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of unrighteousness and righteousness, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “of what is unrighteous … of what is righteous”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παραστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς τῷ Θεῷ

present yourselves ¬the ˱to˲_God

Paul speaks of his readers as if they could offer themselves as slaves to their master, who is God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “give yourselves to God”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡσεὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας

as_if from /the/_dead living

The point of this comparison is that Christians should live in such a way that demonstrates that they are now dead to sin, but alive to God, as mentioned in 6:11. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “as those who are free from living sinfully” or “as those who are no longer controlled by living sinfully”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐκ νεκρῶν

from /the/_dead

See how you translated this phrase in 6:4.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν

and the members ˱of˲_you_all

Paul is leaving out a word that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply this from the beginning of this sentence. Alternate translation: “and present your members”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης

˱as˲_weapons ˱as˲_weapons ˱of˲_righteousness

Paul is using the possessive form to describe tools that are characterized by righteousness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “as righteous tools” or “as tools for living righteously”