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translationWords
- en:tw:endure
- en:tw:eternity
- en:tw:faith
- en:tw:faithful
- en:tw:godly
- en:tw:good
- en:tw:love
- en:tw:righteous
- en:tw:witness
translationNotes
- man of God - "servant of God" or "person who belongs to God"
- flee from these things - "treat these things like creatures who want to harm you." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor.) Possible meanings of these things: 1) the "love of money" (UDB); 2) the different teachings, pride, and arguments in verses :en:bible🎶1ti:06:03 and the "love of money."
- Pursue - "Run after" or "Chase" or "Do your best to act in"
- Fight the good fight …. Take hold of … life" - Some understand this passage as a metaphor of a sports competition in which the winner of the fight can take hold of a prize. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- Take hold of … life - Some understand this metaphor as another way of saying fight the good fight: "Do everything you can to gain … life." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- gave witness - "gave testimony" or "testified"
- before - "in the presence of"
- as to what is good - "about what you believe"