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# what you have received and heard
This refers to God's word, which they believed. AT: "God's word that you heard and the truth that you believed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# if you do not wake up
Being alert to danger is spoken of as waking up. See how you translated "wake up" on [Revelation 3:2](./01.md). AT: "If you are not alert" or "If you are not careful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# I will come as a thief
Jesus will come at a time when people do not expect him, just as a thief comes when not expected. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
# a few names of the people
This refers to the people themselves. AT: "a few people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# did not make their clothes dirty
Jesus speaks of sin in a person's life as if it were dirty clothes. AT: "have not made their lives sinful like dirty clothes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# will walk with me
People commonly spoke of living as "walking." AT: "will live with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# dressed in white
White clothes represent a pure life without sin. AT: "and they will be dressed in white, which shows that they are pure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/thief]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hour]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worthy]]