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# enslaves you
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Paul uses exaggeration when he speaks of someone forcing others to obey rules as if he were forcing them to be slaves. Alternate translation: "makes you follow rules he has thought of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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# he devours you
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Paul speaks of the super-apostles' taking people's material resources as if they were eating the people themselves. Alternate translation: "he takes all your property" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# takes advantage of you
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A person takes advantage of another person by knowing things that the other person does not and using that knowledge to help himself and harm the other person.
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