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# worthy of full acceptance
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"worthy of your complete belief" or "worthy of your full trust"
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# For it is for this
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"This is the reason"
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# struggle and work very hard
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The words "struggle" and "work very hard" mean basically the same thing. Paul uses them together to emphasize the intensity with which they serve God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# we have confidence in the living God
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Here "living God" probably means, "God, who makes all things live."
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# but especially of believers
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The understood information can be stated clearly. AT: "but he is especially the Savior of those people who believe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])