of the risen Christ on the lives of Christians as he dispenses the salvation that comes from God himself. This mediating phrase is one of the strong arguments for reading the indic, echomen in this verse. 2. through whom we have gained access in faith. Or perhaps, “we have also gained access,” but the stress on the adv. kai, “also,” is unlikely, because kai is often used with a rel. pron. to indicate the independence of the clause (BDF §393b). The peace that Christians experience is derived from
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