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54 lines
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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul gives one last warning to the believers about unity and living for God.
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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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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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This refers to those who argue and cause others to stop trusting in Jesus. AT: "who are causing believers to argue with one another and to stop having faith in God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# They are going beyond the teaching that you have learned
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"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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"Turn away" here is an idiom for "move away. AT: "Do not listen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# but their own stomach
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The words "they serve" are understood from the previous phrase. This can be expressed as a separate sentence. AT: "Rather, they serve their own stomach" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# but their own stomach
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Here "stomach" is a metonym that refers to physical desires. Serving there stomach represents satisfying their desires. AT: "but they only want to satisfy their own selfish desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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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. AT: "By saying things that seem to be good and true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# they deceive the hearts of the innocent
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"Hearts" here is a metonym for entire lives. AT: "they deceive the innocent believers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# innocent
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This refers to those who are simple, inexperienced, and naive. AT: "those who innocently trust them" or "those who do not know these teachers are fooling them"
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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/other/stumble]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/innocent]] |