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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul begins to tell many different things that happen when God makes believers right with him.
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# Since
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"Because"
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# we ... our
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All occurrences of "we" and "our" refer to all believers and should be inclusive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# through our Lord Jesus Christ
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"because of our Lord Jesus Christ"
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# Lord
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Here "Lord" means that Jesus is God.
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# Through him we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand
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Here "by faith" refers to our trust in Jesus, which allows us to stand before God. AT: "Because we trust in Jesus, God allows us to come into his presence"