## also the holiness ##

AT: "also pursue the holiness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

## Be careful...that no one is excluded...that no root of bitterness grows up...that there not be ##

The readers are to "be careful" of three things. AT: "Do not let anyone be excluded...Do not let any root of bitterness grow up...Do not let there be"

## is excluded from God's grace ##

AT: "receives God's grace and then lets go of it"

## root of bitterness ##

person who causes others to do evil, like a bitter root put into food (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Be careful...as Esau ##

AT: "Be careful...as Esau among you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## sought it earnestly with tears ##

"asked for it sincerely while crying"