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 # Be rooted ... be built ... be established ... abound
 
-These words explain what it means to "walk in him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
-
-# Be rooted in him
-
-Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a tree growing in solid ground with deep roots. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+These words explain what it means to "walk in him." Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a tree growing in solid ground with deep roots. 
 
 # be built on him
 
-Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a building that has a strong foundation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a building that has a strong foundation.
 
 # be established in faith
 
@@ -16,9 +12,8 @@ Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a build
 
 # just as you were taught
 
-This is best stated without naming or otherwise calling attention to the teacher, who was Epaphras ([Colossians 1:7](../01/07.md)). Alternate translation: "just as you learned" or "just as they taught you" or "just as he taught you"
+"just as you learned" or "just as they taught you" or "just as he taught you"
 
 # abound in thanksgiving
 
-Paul speaks of thanksgiving as if it were objects that a person could obtain more of. Alternate translation: "be very thankful to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
-
+"be very thankful to God"