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17 lines
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# Connecting Statement:
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The writer continues with what immature Hebrew believers need to do to become mature Christians. He reminds them of the foundational teachings.
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# let us leave the beginning of the message of Christ and move forward to maturity
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This speaks about the basic teachings as if they were the beginning of a journey and the mature teachings as if they were the end of a journey. Alternate translation: "let us stop only discussing what we first learned and start understanding more mature teachings as well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Let us not lay again the foundation ... of faith in God
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Basic teachings are spoken of as if they were a building whose construction begins by laying a foundation. Alternate translation: "Let us not repeat the basic teachings ... of faith in God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# dead works
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Sinful deeds are spoken of as if they belonged to the world of the dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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