Other people say no, no, Paul's talking metaphorically when he talks about sin in these words, and we need to see sin not at this actual hypostatized being but simply a metaphor, a metaphorical being.

其他人则说，不，保罗在比喻，当他说到罪恶时，不能把罪恶看作实在的生命，只是一个比喻，一个比喻之物。

youdao

What happens when we kneel in faith and claim the power to stop yielding to sin?

当我们凭信跪下祈求得那不再屈服于罪恶的能力时，会发生什么事？

youdao

Sin is when we do things that do not please God.

当我们做神不喜悦的事时就是犯罪；

youdao

There's no intimate connection with sin when we're talking about ritual impurity.

我们在讨论仪式不洁的时候,和罪孽其实没有很紧密的联系。

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