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# But we have

Here the word "we" refers to Paul and his coworkers, but not to the Corinthians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])

# we have this treasure in jars of clay

Paul speaks of the gospel as if it were a treasure and their bodies as if they were breakable jars made out of clay. This emphasizes that they are of little value compared to the worth of the gospel that they preach. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# so that it is clear

"so that it is clear to people" or "so that people clearly know"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# But we have`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here the word "we" refers to Paul and his coworkers, but not to the Corinthians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# we have this treasure in jars of clay`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Paul speaks of the gospel as if it were a treasure and their bodies as if they were breakable jars made out of clay. This emphasizes that they are of little value compared to the worth of the gospel that they preach. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# so that it is clear`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"so that it is clear to people" or "so that people clearly know"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00