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# he came near death

"he almost died." Paul speaks of dying as if death were a place that people could go to. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

#  so that he could bring to completion what was lacking in your service to me 

The meanings of the abstract nouns "completion" and "service" can be expressed as verbs. Alternate translation: "so that he could complete what you could not do in serving me"
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Update 'php/02/30.md' Tried to clarify meaning in note. 2020-08-04 19:36:52 +00:00			`"he almost died." Paul speaks of dying as if death were a place that people could go to. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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Update 'php/02/30.md' Added note because of ULB change Issue 575. 2020-08-05 17:11:24 +00:00			`# so that he could bring to completion what was lacking in your service to me`

			`The meanings of the abstract nouns "completion" and "service" can be expressed as verbs. Alternate translation: "so that he could complete what you could not do in serving me"`