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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
 
 # who have gone astray from the truth
 
-"Gone astray from the truth" here is a metaphor, as if truth is the correct pathway but then somehow these men go off onto the wrong pathway. AT: "who have started saying things that are not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
+Here "gone astray from the truth" is a metaphor for no longer believing or teaching what is true. AT: "who have started saying things that are not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
 # the resurrection has already happened