en_tn/1ti/06/09.md

## fall into ##

This is a metaphor for losing control of one's life or mental processes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## fall into temptation ##

"face more temptation than they can resist"

## fall … into a trap ##

"become caught in a trap." This is a metaphor for being unable to act for one's own benefit and being helpless against those who would do one harm. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## fall … into many foolish and harmful passions ##

"be controlled by the desire to do foolish and harmful things"

## makes people sink ##

"pulls people down into"

## For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil  ##

"because loving money is a cause of all kinds of evil"

## impaled themselves with … grief ##

This metaphor compares grief to a knife or spear a person uses to stab himself all the way thorough his body.

## who desire it ##

"who desire money"

## have wandered away from the faith ##

"have left the path of truth" or "have stopped believing the truth"