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21 lines
641 B
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# make a good impression
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"cause others to think well of them" or "cause others to think that they are good people"
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# in the flesh
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"with visible evidence" or "by their own efforts"
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# to compel
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"to force" or "to strongly influence"
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# only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ
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"so that the Jews will not persecute them for claiming that the cross of Christ alone is what saves people"
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# the cross
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The cross here represents what Christ did for us when he died on the cross. Alternate translation: "the work Jesus did on the cross" or "the death and resurrection of Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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