27 lines
784 B
Markdown
27 lines
784 B
Markdown
## testify ##
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"declare" or "serve as a witness"
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## to every man who is circumcised ##
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"to every person who has become a Jew." Paul is using circumcision as a mmetonym for being Jewish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## obliged ##
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"bound" or "constrained" or "enslaved"
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## to do ##
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"to obey"
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## You are alienated from Christ ##
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"You have ended your relationship with Christ"
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## seek to be justified by the law ##
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"look for ways to have God declare you good by obeying the law." The law is metonymy for Judaism.
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## you have fallen away from grace ##
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Paul is comparing a person who decides that he does not need or want the grace of Christ to someone who falls from a good high place to a bad lower place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |