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23 lines
723 B
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## I write to you these things ##
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"I write these instructions to you"
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## and I hope to come to you soon ##
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"although I hope to come to you very soon"
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## but if I delay ##
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"but in case I cannot make it there soon" or "but if something prevents me for being there soon"
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## I write so that ##
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"I write for the purpose that"
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## the house of God ... must be guided ##
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"how you must guide the family of God"
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## pillar and support of the truth ##
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The metaphor is of a large, strong platform on which God displays the truth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) The platform in turn is expressed as a synecdoche of its parts, the base and the upright. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) |