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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ in those same places they will become children of the true God."
 
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-\v 30 We must conclude this: Although the non-Jews did not try to be holy, they discovered that God would put them right with himself if they trusted in Christ.
+\v 30 We must conclude this: Although the non-Jews were not trying to be holy, they discovered that God would put them right with himself if they trusted in Christ.
 \v 31 But the people of Israel did indeed try to be holy by obeying God's law, but they were not able to.
 
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