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and how God wants us to live [Alf, Ea, EGT, ICC, Lg, My, NIC, SSA; CEV, NLT]. It is through obeying God that we come to know his will [Mrt]. ina allb wisdomc and spirituald understanding,e LEXICON—a. ἐν with dative object (LN 89.76; 89.141): ‘in’ [Herm, LN (89.141), Lns, WBC; KJV, NASB, NRSV], ‘consisting of’ [LN (89.141)], ‘(such clear knowledge consisting) in’ [NTC], ‘through’ [LN (89.76); NAB, NIV, NJB], ‘by, by means of’ [LN (89.76)], ‘with’ [TEV], ‘together with’ [NIC], ‘that is’ [SSA], not
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