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@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ AT: "do not believe the false things they have said to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/m
 
 # so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect
 
-Deceiving a person is spoken of as if it were causing that person to travel in the wrong direction. AT: "so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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-# astray, if possible, even the elect
-
-This can be translated as a separate sentence. AT: "people astray. If possible, they would even cause the elect to disobey God"
+Here "lead astray" is a metaphor for persuading someone to believe something that is not true. This can be translated as two sentences. AT: "so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect" or "so as to deceive people. If possible, the would even deceive the elect" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
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