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26 but now manifested through the prophetic writings and, according to the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith,(A)

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20 He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you,

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14 to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ

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20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:20 Citizenship: Christians constitute a colony of heaven, as Philippi was a colonia of Rome (Acts 16:12). The hope Paul expresses involves the final coming of Christ, not a status already attained, such as the opponents claim.

to Titus, my true child in our common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.(A)

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13 as we await the blessed hope, the appearance[a] of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:13 The blessed hope, the appearance: literally, “the blessed hope and appearance,” but the use of a single article in Greek strongly suggests an epexegetical, i.e., explanatory sense. Of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ: another possible translation is “of our great God and savior Jesus Christ.”

11 For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

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54 [a]And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:(A)

“Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:54–55 Death is swallowed up in victory: scripture itself predicts death’s overthrow. O death: in his prophetic vision Paul may be making Hosea’s words his own, or imagining this cry of triumph on the lips of the risen church.

14 Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,(A)

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53 For that which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality.(A) 54 [a]And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:(B)

“Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:54–55 Death is swallowed up in victory: scripture itself predicts death’s overthrow. O death: in his prophetic vision Paul may be making Hosea’s words his own, or imagining this cry of triumph on the lips of the risen church.