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777 B
brothers
Here this refers to fellow Christians including males and females. AT: "brothers and sisters" or "fellow believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations)
there will not be anyone with an evil heart of unbelief, a heart that turns away from the living God
Here "heart" is a metonym that represents a person's mind or will. Refusing to believe and obey God is spoken of as if the heart did not believe and it physically turned away from God. AT: "there will not be any of you who refuse to believe the truth and who stop obeying the living God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the living God
"the true God who is really alive"