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# what you have received and heard
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This refers to God's word, which they believed. Alternate translation: "God's word that you heard and the truth that you believed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# if you do not wake up
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Being alert to danger is spoken of as waking up. See how you translated "wake up" on [Revelation 3:2](./02.md). Alternate translation: "If you are not alert" or "If you are not careful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I will come as a thief
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Jesus will come at a time when people do not expect him, just as a thief comes when not expected. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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