raglay_2021_rgs_rlt_rom_book/.apps/translationCore/index/translationNotes/rom/figs-metaphor.json

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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul uses **seen** figurative to refer to perceiving something. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “are clearly perceived” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "quoteString": "καὶ ἤλλαξαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ ἀφθάρτου Θεοῦ ἐν ὁμοιώματι εἰκόνος φθαρτοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ πετεινῶν, καὶ τετραπόδων, καὶ ἑρπετῶν.",
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated this phrase in [verse 24](rc://en/ult/book/rom/01/24). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of these men as if they were leaving their location to go to another one. He means that they are abandoning or rejecting the way God intended for people to do sexual acts. If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “having abandoned” or “having rejected” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **lust** as if it were something that could burn like a fire. He means that their **lust** is out of control like a burning fire. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “passionately lusted after one another” or “intensely desired each other” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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          "word": "ἐν",
          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "τῇ",
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        {
          "word": "ὀρέξει",
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        {
          "word": "αὐτῶν",
          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "εἰς",
          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "ἀλλήλους",
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      "quoteString": "ἐξεκαύθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους",
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      "occurrence": 1
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of men doing sexual acts with each other as if it could produce something. He means that what they are doing is morally shameful. If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “committing” or “engaging in” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 1,
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      "quoteString": "κατεργαζόμενοι",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **the penalty** for their sinful activity as if it were something that they could receive inside of themselves. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “experiencing in their own bodies” or “receiving among themselves” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 1,
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          "word": "ἐν",
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        {
          "word": "ἑαυτοῖς",
          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "ἀπολαμβάνοντες",
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      "quoteString": "ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες",
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated this phrase in [verses 24](rc://en/ult/book/rom/01/24) and [26](rc://en/ult/book/rom/01/26). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 1,
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        "chapter": 1,
        "verse": 29
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of God’s **kindness and forbearance and patience** as if they were wealth that could be acquired or rejected. If this might confuse your readers, you could use a simile or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “acquiring his wonderful kindness and forbearance and patience” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "verse": 4
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      "occurrenceNote": "Here Paul speaks of **wrath** figuratively as if it were an object that someone could store up. He means that the longer people refuse to repent, the greater is God’s wrath against them. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “you are increasing how much wrath God has against you” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul uses **seeking** figuratively to refer to these people as if they were trying to find something. He means that they are trying to live in such a way as to obtain **glory and honor and incorruptibility**. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “to those who … keep trying to attain” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 2,
        "verse": 7
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **Tribulation and distress** as if these ideas were located on top of a person. He means that every **evil** person will experience **Tribulation and distress**. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “Every human soul that produces the evil will experience tribulation and distress” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 2,
        "verse": 9
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          "occurrence": 1
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          "occurrence": 1
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          "occurrence": 1
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        "verse": 13
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of these people as if they own or possess **the law**. He means that they are unaware of the law that God gave to the Jewish people. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated “without the law” in [verse 12](rc://en/ult/book/rom/02/12). Alternative translation: “who are unaware of God’s law … who are unaware of God’s law” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "μὴ",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of the non-Jewish people obeying some basic rules from the Law of Moses as if they were showing **the work of the law** to other people. He means that non-Jewish people demonstrate that they naturally understand some rules of the law by obeying those rules. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “who make others aware that they understand the work of the law” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of the Jews as if they named themselves. He means that they consider themselves to be Jews. If this would confuse your readers, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “you call yourself Jewish” or “you regard yourself as truly Jewish” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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          "word": "καυχᾶσαι",
          "occurrence": 1
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        {
          "word": "ἐν",
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          "word": "Θεῷ",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul uses **guide** figuratively to refer to the Jews as if they were the only people who could clearly see. He also uses **blind** figuratively to refer to non-Jews as if they were unable to see. He means that the Jews think they are the only ones who can teach others God’s truth. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “that you are the only ones who can teach others what is true about God” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 2,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul quotes David using **turned away** figuratively to describe these people as if they had left a path that leads to where God is. David means that they refuse to live according to God’s rules. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “refuse to live the way God requires” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **all** people as if they were something that fails to reach its destination. He means that they lack or do not attain **the glory of God**. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “lack the glory of God” or “fail to attain the glory of God” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **Abraham** as if he were located in the presence of **God**. He means that Abraham could not **boast** to God about his **righteousness** if it was **righteous by works**. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “from God’s perspective” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated this phrase in [verse 17](rc://en/ult/book/rom/04/17). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated **seed** in [verse 16](rc://en/ult/book/rom/04/16).(See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        {
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    "nothingToSelect": false,
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        "chapter": 6,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **the body of sin** as if it could **enslave** people. Here he means that the desire to sin that controls people would no longer do so. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “for it to no longer make us live sinfully” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul continues the metaphor of **sin** enslaving people from the previous verse. Here Paul speaks figuratively of **sin** as if it were something that people need to be **freed from**. He means that the desire to **sin** that controls people would no longer do so. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “no longer has to live sinfully” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of Christians as if they physically died with Christ. He means that through baptism Christians show that they participate in the spiritual benefits obtained by Christ’s death and will one day **live together with him**. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “we are united to Christ’s death when baptized” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
      "reference": {
        "bookId": "rom",
        "chapter": 6,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Here, **to sin** implies that Christ died for the sake of freeing humanity from being “enslaved to sin.” It does not mean that Jesus himself was ever controlled by sin before he died. If this might confuse your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternative translation: “he died for the sake of removing sin’s control over people” or “he died to stop sin from controlling people” (See: [Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit))",
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    "selections": false,
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated “died to sin” in [verse 2](rc://en/ult/book/rom/06/02). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "verse": 11
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          "word": "εἶναι",
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        {
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          "word": "τῇ",
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    "verseEdits": true,
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    "contextId": {
      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated this phrase in [3:24](rc://en/ult/book/rom/03/24). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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          "word": "ἐν",
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        {
          "word": "Χριστῷ",
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        {
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of body parts as if they were **tools** that could be offered to someone or used by someone. He means that he wants his readers to stop using their body parts for sinning, but instead to use them to live in the way God wants. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “And do not keep using your members to act unrighteously by sinning … and use your members to act righteously for God” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "word": "ἀδικίας",
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        {
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          "word": "ἁμαρτίᾳ",
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      "occurrence": 1
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    "nothingToSelect": false,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of his readers as if they could offer themselves as slaves to their master, who is **God**. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “devote yourselves to serving God” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks figuratively of **death** as if it were **wages** paid to those who **sin**. He means that the result of living sinfully is eternal **death**. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternative translation: “whoever lives sinfully receives eternal death as the result” or “whoever lives sinfully earns eternal death as if it were wages for work” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        "chapter": 7,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Here Paul uses **made dead** figuratively to refer to Jewish Christians not being required to obey the Law of Moses. Just as dead people don’t have to obey the law, so too Jewish Christians no longer have to obey it. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “your yourselves no longer have to obey the law” or “you yourselves are like dead people in that you do not have to obey the law” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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        {
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          "word": "μοι",
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      "quoteString": "ἄρα",
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      "occurrenceNote": "See how you translated the similar phrase in [verse 35](rc://en/ult/book/rom/08/35). (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))<br>",
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      "quoteString": "ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης συντρίψει τὸν Σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἐν τάχει",
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    "reminders": false,
    "selections": false,
    "verseEdits": true,
    "nothingToSelect": false,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul speaks here of having strong faith as if a person were being set firmly in place. Alternate translation: “to make your faith strong” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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    "nothingToSelect": false,
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      "occurrenceNote": "Paul says that God has revealed previously hidden truths to the believers. He speaks of these truths as if they were a **secret**. Alternate translation: “because God has revealed to us believers what had been kept secret for a long time” (See: [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))",
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