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# For it is for this
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"This is the reason"
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# labor and struggle
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The word "labor" here refers to working very hard.
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# For we hope in the living God ... believers
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"For we confidently expect that the living God... believers, will do what he promised to do" or "For we fully trust in the living God ... believers"
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# the living God
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Possible meanings are 1) "the God who is alive," as opposed to idols, who are not alive, or 2) "God, who acts," as opposed to idols that do nothing, or 3) "God, who gives life to all living beings."
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# but especially of believers
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"but he is especially the Savior of those people who believe"
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