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@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ Possible meanings are 1) "a group of priests who are also kings" or 2) "a group
 
 # from darkness into his marvelous light
 
-Here "darkness" refers to their condition as sinful people who did not know God, and "light" refers to their condition as people who do know God and practice righteousness. Alternate translation: "from a life of sin and ignorance of God to a life of knowing and pleasing him". 
+"from a life of sin and ignorance of God to a life of knowing and pleasing him".