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Updated snippets and notes: ULB issue 533
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Here the word "us" refers to Paul and Timothy but not the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
# God would open a door
# God would open a door to us
Opening a door for someone is a metaphor for giving that person the opportunity to do something. Alternate translation: "God would provide opportunities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
Opening a door for someone is a metaphor for giving that person the opportunity to do something. Alternate translation: "God would provide opportunities for us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# open a door for the word
# open a door to us for the word
"make an opportunity for us to preach his message"
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This refers to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which was not understood before Christ came.
# Because of this, I am chained up
# for which also I have been in chains
Here "chained" is a metaphor for being in prison, though he probably also was physically attached to a chain. Alternate translation: "It is for proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ that I am now in prison" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
Here "in chains" is a metonym for being in prison, though Paul probably also was physically attached to a chain. Paul was in chains because he told people about the mystery of Christ. Alternate translation: "It is for proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ that I am now in prison" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])