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OET (OET-LV) For/Because when slaves you_all_were of_ the _sin, free you_all_were the from_righteousness.
OET (OET-RV) When you were all slaves of sin, you were immune to righteousness
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
For here introduces a result clause. Use a natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: [This reason for this is that]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ὅτε & δοῦλοι ἦτε τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐλεύθεροι ἦτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ
when & slaves ˱you_all˲_were ¬the ˱of˲_sin free ˱you_all˲_were ¬the ˱from˲_righteousness
Here, Paul speaks of sin and righteousness as if they were slave-masters. Paul means that when his readers had previously used their bodies to act sinfully, they were not serving God’s purposes as slaves of righteousness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when you were controlled by sin, you did not serve God] or [when you were living sinfully, you did not live righteously]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
ἐλεύθεροι ἦτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ
free ˱you_all˲_were ¬the ˱from˲_righteousness
Paul is not making a serious suggestion here that sinful people are not required to live righteously. Paul means to communicate the opposite of the literal meaning of free. If this would be misunderstood in your language, consider expressing the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you were unrighteous] or [you were unable to live righteously]
6:20 free from the obligation to do right (literally free from righteousness): Paul means either that unbelievers feel no obligation to obey God or that they are unable to do so. But the freedom that they boast of actually makes them slaves to sin.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because when slaves you_all_were of_ the _sin, free you_all_were the from_righteousness.
OET (OET-RV) When you were all slaves of sin, you were immune to righteousness
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.