Return “continue” from function called from loop

I’m currently refactoring a script which has slowly grown beyond control. I’m trying to spin off repetition into functions. However, I have a repeated test being called from a loop, and want it to return continue.

Shellcheck says

SC2104: In functions, use `return` instead of `continue`.

And the shellcheck wiki says don’t do it. But is there a way?

Below is an example:

#!/bin/sh

AFunction () {
    if [[ "${RED}" -lt 3 ]]; then
        echo "cont"
        continue
    else
        echo "nope"
    fi
}

for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
    RED=${i}
    AFunction
    echo ${i}
done

This is the output:

cont
1
cont
2
nope
3
nope
4
nope
5

But I would expect

cont
cont
nope
3
nope
4
nope
5