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In the appointed time Elohim Himself bore patiently with human lawlessness and gave His own Son as ransom in the writer's Christian confession.
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The set-apart one for the lawless, the innocent for the evil, the righteous for the unjust, the incorruptible for the corruptible, the immortal for the mortal.
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What else, asks the author, could cover the sins of the many except the righteousness of that one?
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In whom could lawless people be made righteous except in the Son of Elohim?
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The author calls this a sweet exchange and an unexpected work of divine generosity.
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The lawlessness of many is hidden in one righteous person, and the righteousness of one is said to justify many lawless people.
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Before this revelation, human nature had been shown unable to obtain life by itself.
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Now a Deliverer is revealed as able to save those who could not save themselves.
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Therefore Elohim is to be known as nourisher, father, teacher, counselor, healer, mind, light, honor, glory, strength, and life.
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The hearer is told not to make clothing and food the center of anxiety.