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27 lines
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## to think about ##
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"to watch out for"
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## who are causing the divisions and stumbling ##
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"who are causing believers to argue with one another and to stop having faith in God"
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## going beyond the teaching that you have learned ##
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This can be translated as a new sentence: "They teach things that do not agree with the truth you have already learned."
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## Turn away from them ##
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"Stay away from them"
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## but their own belly ##
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Here "belly" refers to physical desires. Alternate translation: "but they only want to please their own selfish desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## By their smooth and flattering speech ##
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The words "smooth" and "flattering" mean basically the same thing. Paul is emphasizing how these people are deceiving believers. Alternate translation: "By saying things that seem to be good and true." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## innocent ##
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simple, inexperienced, and naive. Alternate translation: "those who innocently trust them" or "those who do not know these teachers are fooling them." |