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# You made your souls pure
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Here the word "soul" refers to the whole person. AT: "You made yourselves pure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# pure
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Here the idea of cleanliness refers to being acceptable to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# by obedience to the truth
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You can translate this using a verbal phrase. AT: "by obeying the truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# brotherly love
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This refers to love between fellow believers.
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# love one another earnestly from the heart
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Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's thoughts or emotions. To love someone "from the heart" means to love some one completely with total commitment. AT: "love one another earnestly and completely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonomy]])
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# born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed
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Possible meanings are that Peter speaks of the word of God either 1) as the seed of a plant that grows and produces new life in believers or 2) as the tiny cells inside a man or woman that combine to cause a baby to grow inside the woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# imperishable seed
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seed that will not rot or dry up or die
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# through the living and remaining word of God
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Peter speaks of God's word as if it were alive forever. In reality, it is God who lives forever, and whose instructions and promises last eternally. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/purify]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bornagain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/perish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seed]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]] |