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# to open their eyes
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Helping people to understand the truth is spoken of as if a person were literally helping someone to open his eyes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# to turn them from darkness to light
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Helping someone to stop doing what is evil and to start trusting and obeying God is spoken of as if the person is literally leading someone out of a dark place into a place of light. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# to turn them ... from the power of Satan to God
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Helping someone to stop obeying Satan and to start obeying God is spoken of as if a person were literally turning a person and taking them from the place where Satan rules and leading him to the place where God rules. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins
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The abstract noun "forgiveness" can be stated as the verb "forgive." Alternate translation: "God may forgive their sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the inheritance that I give
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The abstract noun "inheritance" may be stated as the verb "inherit." Alternate translation: "they may inherit that which I give" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the inheritance
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The blessings that Jesus gives to those who believe in him are spoken of as if they were an inheritance that children receive from their father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# sanctified by faith in me
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Jesus choosing some people to belong to him is spoken of as if he literally set them apart from other people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# by faith in me
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"because they believe in me." Here Paul finishes quoting the Lord.
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