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40 lines
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# we do not want you to be uninformed
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This can be stated in positive terms. AT: "we want you to know" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# We were so completely crushed beyond our strength
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Paul and Timothy refer to their emotions of despair being like a heavy weight they have to carry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# We were so completely crushed
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The word "crushed" refers to the feeling of despair. This can be stated in active form. AT: "The troubles we experienced completely crushed us" or "We were in complete despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# we had the sentence of death on us
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Paul and Timothy are comparing their feeling of despair to that of someone condemned to die. AT: "we were in despair like someone who is condemned to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# but instead in God
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The words "put our trust" are left out of this phrase. AT: "but instead, to put our trust in God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# who raises the dead
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"Raises" here is an idiom for "causes to live again" AT: "who causes the dead to live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# a deadly peril
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Paul compares his feeling of despair as a result of the troubles that they experienced to a deadly peril or terrible danger. AT: "despair" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# he will continue to deliver us
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"Deliver" here is a metaphor for "bring to a safe place." AT: "He will continue the process of bringing us to a safe place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/asia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deliverer]] |