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- Then - Paul is introducing a new topic.
- what is good - God's law
- become death to me - "cause me to die"
- May it never be - "Of course that is not true!" This expression give the strongest possible negative answer to the preceding rhetorical question. You may want have a similar expression in your language that you could use here. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- sin...brought about death in me - Paul is viewing sin as though it were a person who could act. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
- brought about death in me - "separated me from God"
- through the commandment - "because I disobeyed the commandment"