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829 B
Markdown
23 lines
829 B
Markdown
# Connecting Statement:
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Jude tells the believers how they should live and how they should treat others.
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# But you, beloved
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"Do not be like them, beloved. Instead"
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# build yourselves up
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Becoming increasingly able to trust in God and obey him is spoken of as if it were the process of constructing a building. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Keep yourselves in God's love
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Remaining able to receive God's love is spoken of as if one were keeping oneself in a certain place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# wait for
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"eagerly look forward to"
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# the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings you eternal life
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Here "mercy" stands for Jesus Christ himself, who will show his mercy to the believers by making them live forever with him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |