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# and from Jesus Christ
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This continues the blessing from [Revelation 1:4](./04.md). Alternate translation:"and may grace be to you and peace also from Jesus Christ" or "and may Jesus Christ treat you kindly and enable you to live peacefully and securely"
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# the firstborn from the dead
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"the first person to be raised from death, never to die again"
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# from the dead
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The expression "the dead" describes all dead people together in the underworld. To come back from among them speaks of becoming alive again. Alternate translation: "from among all those who have died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# has freed us from our sins
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"has released us from our sins"
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