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I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace
Here "word" stands for a message. AT: "I ask God to take care of you and that he will help you to keep believing the message I spoke to you about his grace" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
entrust
to give someone else the responsibility of taking care of someone or something
which is able to build you up
A person's faith becoming stronger is spoken of as if the person were a wall and someone were building him higher and stronger. AT: "which is able to make become stronger and stronger in your faith" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
to give you the inheritance
This speaks about the "word of his grace" as if it were God himself that would give the inheritance to believers. AT: "God will give you the inheritance" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
the inheritance
The blessings that God gives believers is spoken of as if they were money or property that a child inherits from his father. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)