diff --git a/1jn/04/05.md b/1jn/04/05.md index 000efa50f7..e57b8e5704 100644 --- a/1jn/04/05.md +++ b/1jn/04/05.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # They are from the world -"They" refers to the false teachers. "From the world" is in contrast to being from God. "The world" represents all things that oppose God. Alternate translation: "They are of the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"Theyā€¯refers to the false teachers. "They are of the world" # therefore what they say is from the world -Here "from the world" is in contrast to being from God. Here "the world" represents all things that oppose God. Alternate translation: "therefore what the false teachers say is of the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"therefore what the false teachers say is of the world" # and the world listens to them -The words "the world" are a metonym for people who do not obey God. Alternate translation: "so the people who do not obey God listen to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"so the people who do not obey God listen to them"