39 lines
1.3 KiB
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39 lines
1.3 KiB
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## For ##
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"This is because." This verse gives the reason for "you are alienated from Christ … you have fallen away from grace" in verse 4.
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## by faith we are waiting for the confidence of righteousness ##
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This can mean 1) "we are waiting by faith for the confidence of righteousness" or 2) "we are waiting for the confidence of righteousness that comes by faith"
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## we ##
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This refers to Paul and those who oppose the circumcision of Christians. He is probably including the Galatians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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## are waiting ##
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expectantly, excitedly, patiently
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## confidence of righteousness ##
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"we are confident that God will declare us righteous"
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## neither circumcision nor uncircumcision ##
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metonymy for being a Jew or a non-Jew (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## but instead only faith working through love ##
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"but instead of that, God is concerned with our faith in God, which is demonstrated by loving others"
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## You were running ##
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"You were practicing what Jesus taught"
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## The persuasion to do that is not from him who calls you ##
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"The one who persuades you to do that is not God, the one who calls you" to be his people
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## persuasion ##
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To persuade someone is to get that person to change what he believes to be true and so to act differently. |