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# How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
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The author uses an exclamation to emphasize that we should obey God the Father. This can be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: "Therefore even more so, we should obey the Father of spirits and live." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclamations]])
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# the Father of spirits
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This idiom contrasts with "fathers in the flesh." Alternate translation: "our spiritual Father" or "our Father in heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# and live
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"so that we will live"