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# so that we, who are the first to hope in Christ

The pronoun "we" refer to Paul and the other Jewish believers, not to the Ephesian believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])

# the first to hope in Christ

"the first people to hope in Christ." They confidently expected that Christ would fulfill God's promises. Alternate translation: "the first to trust in Christ"

# so we would be for the praise of his glory

Possible meanings are 1) other people would praise God because of the grace he had shown the believers ([verse 6](./06.md)). Alternate translation: "we would live in a way that brings glory to God" or "people would praise God because of the glorious grace he showed us" Or 2) believers would praise God for his glory. Alternate translation: "so that we would live to praise him for his glory."
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Update 'eph/01/12.md' 2018-08-09 20:01:41 +00:00			`# the first to hope in Christ`

			`"the first people to hope in Christ." They confidently expected that Christ would fulfill God's promises. Alternate translation: "the first to trust in Christ"`

Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# so we would be for the praise of his glory`

Mismatches 2018-08-13 15:24:20 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) other people would praise God because of the grace he had shown the believers ([verse 6](./06.md)). Alternate translation: "we would live in a way that brings glory to God" or "people would praise God because of the glorious grace he showed us" Or 2) believers would praise God for his glory. Alternate translation: "so that we would live to praise him for his glory."`