703 B
703 B
Instead
The connecting word Instead introduces a contrast relationship. You would expect that doing good things might save you, or that nothing could make you God’s friend. Instead, believing in Christ saves you and makes you God’s friend. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-contrast)
instead of you
This could mean ‘ in your place.’
raised him to life again
This could also be translated as: “made him alive again.”
If you believe this
The connecting word If introduces a hypothetical conditional relationship. If you believe in Christ, then God will forgive your sins. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical)