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In favor of the indicative: (1) it seems to explain better the first part of v. 24, esp. “from the Lord” which would then read as: “because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as a reward for it is the Lord you are serving.”
We are one in Him, sanctified and set apart for God once for all, through the offering of the blood of Christ Jesus our Saviour. And God has pronounced it sufficient. A day is coming when the Church, which is the Body of Christ, will be presented holy and without blame to God the Father in heaven, and Christ's death on the Cross qualifies Him
Colossians 3:12-13. Put on therefore — In a higher degree than before; as the elect, or chosen, of God — The appellation given in the New Testament to all the true disciples of Christ, to all that so believe in him as to be pardoned and renewed; see on Ephesians 1:4: holy — Dedicated and conformed to him; and beloved — By him, or set apart to his service, and blessed with the tokens of
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