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# They are from the world
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"They" refers to the false teachers. "From the world" is in contrast to being from God. "The world" represents all things that oppose God. Alternate translation: "They are of the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# therefore what they say is from the world
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Here "from the world" is in contrast to being from God. Here "the world" represents all things that oppose God. Alternate translation: "therefore what the false teachers say is of the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# and the world listens to them
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The words "the world" are a metonym for people who do not obey God. Alternate translation: "so the people who do not obey God listen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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