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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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  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.”

whom he richly poured out on us
    through Jesus Christ our savior,(A)

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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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  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.

10 but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,(A)

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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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20 For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [our] Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first.(A)

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to recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and savior through your apostles.(A)

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18 But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. [Amen.](A)

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