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 # every high thing that rises up
 
-Paul is still speaking with the metaphor of a war, as if "the knowledge of God" were an army and "every high thing" were a wall that people had made to keep the army out. Alternate translation: "every false argument that proud people think of to protect themselves"
+"every false argument that proud people think of to protect themselves"
 
 # every high thing
 
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ Paul is still speaking with the metaphor of a war, as if "the knowledge of God"
 
 # rises up against the knowledge of God
 
-Paul speaks of arguments as if they were a wall standing high against an army. The words "rises up" mean "stands tall," not that the "high thing" is floating up into the air. Alternate translation: "people use so they will not have to know who God is" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"people use so they will not have to know who God is" 
 
 # We take every thought captive into obedience to Christ
 
-Paul speaks of people's thoughts as if they were enemy soldiers whom he captures in battle. Alternate translation: "We show how all the false ideas those people have are wrong and teach the people to obey Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+"We show how all the false ideas those people have are wrong and teach the people to obey Christ"