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bring many sons to glory
The gift of glory is spoken of here as if it were a place to which people could be brought. Alternate translation: "save many sons" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
many sons
Here this refers to believers in Christ, including males and females. Alternate translation: "many believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations)
the leader of their salvation
Possible meanings are 1) this is a metaphor in which the writer speaks of salvation as if it were a destination and of Jesus as the person who goes before the people on the road and leads them to salvation. Alternate translation: "the one who leads people to salvation" or 2) the word translated here as "leader" can mean "founder" and the author speaks of Jesus as the one who establishes salvation, or makes it possible for God to save people. Alternate translation: "the one who makes their salvation possible" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
complete
Becoming mature and completely trained is spoken of as if a person were made complete, perhaps complete in all his body parts. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)