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[a]who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father,(A)

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  1. 1:4 The greeting in v 3 is expanded by a christological formula that stresses deliverance through the Lord Jesus from a world dominated by Satan; cf. 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2; 6:12.

20 yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me.(A)

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and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.(A)

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25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her(A)

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who gave himself as ransom for all.

This was the testimony[a] at the proper time.(A)

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  1. 2:6 The testimony: to make sense of this overly concise phrase, many manuscripts supply “to which” (or “to whom”); two others add “was given.” The translation has supplied “this was.”

18 realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold(A) 19 but with the precious blood of Christ(B) as of a spotless unblemished lamb.[a]

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  1. 1:19 Christians have received the redemption prophesied by Isaiah (Is 52:3), through the blood (Jewish symbol of life) of the spotless lamb (Is 53:7, 10; Jn 1:29; Rom 3:24–25; cf. 1 Cor 6:20).

And he will redeem Israel
    from all its sins.(A)

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