## for he has handed them over to their sins ##
"it is because God has allowed the power of their sin to control them" or "he punished them with the consequences of their sins."
## But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request to the Almighty ##
Here the writer expresses the single idea of seeking God in order to present his case using two steps. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])