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# If your foot causes you to stumble
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Here the word "foot" is a metonym for desiring to do something sinful that you would do with your feet, such as going to a place you should not go to. Alternate translation: "If you want to do something sinful with one of your feet" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# to enter into life lame
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"to be lame and then to enter into life" or "to be lame before entering into life"
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# to enter into life
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Dying and then beginning to live eternally is spoken of as entering into life. Alternate translation: "to enter into eternal life" or "to die and begin to live forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# lame
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"unable to walk easily." Here it refers not being able to walk well because of missing a foot. Alternate translation: "without a foot" or "missing a foot"
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# be thrown into hell
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "for God to throw you into hell" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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