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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul gives one last warning to the believers about unity and living for God.
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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# who cause divisions and stumbling
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This refers to those who argue and cause others to stop trusting in Jesus. Alternate translation: "who cause believers to argue with one another and to stop having faith in God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# contrary to the teaching that you have learned
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"teaching things that do not agree with the truth you have already learned"
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# Turn away from them
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"Turn away" here is an metaphor for "refuse to listen." Alternate translation: "Do not listen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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