2018-06-11 16:53:08 +00:00
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# to open their eyes
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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"to make them able to understand the truth"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2018-11-23 16:23:10 +00:00
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# to turn them from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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"to help them stop doing what is evil, stop obeying Satan, and start trusting and obeying God"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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"God may forgive their sins and they may receive"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# the inheritance that I give
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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"they may inherit that which I give"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# the inheritance
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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The blessings that Jesus gives to those who believe in him are spoken of as if they were an inheritance that children receive from their father.
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# sanctified by faith in me
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2023-09-06 20:37:46 +00:00
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Jesus choosing some people to belong to him is spoken of as if he literally set them apart from other people.
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# by faith in me
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"because they believe in me." Here Paul finishes quoting the Lord.
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