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# the Bride
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Believers are spoken of as if they were a bride about to be married to her groom, Jesus.
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# Come!
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"Come and drink!" or 2) that this is a polite request for Jesus to return. Alternate translation: "Please come!"
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# Whoever is thirsty ... the water of life
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A person's desire for eternal life is spoken of as if it were thirst and of that person receiving eternal life as if he were drinking life-giving water.
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# the water of life
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Eternal life is spoken of as if it were provided by life-giving water.
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