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# you had been straying like lost sheep
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Peter compares his readers' actions before they had believed in Christ to the way lost sheep wander away from their shepherd. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# the shepherd ... of your souls
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The word "shepherd" is a metaphor for a person who protects another, and the word "souls" is a metonym for the people themselves. Alternate translation: "your shepherd..." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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