“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace to you in abundance — the triple invocation of divine action—God's foreknowledge (prognōsis), the Spirit's sanctification (hagiasmos), Christ's obedience and blood—establishes the trinitarian ground of salvation. The 'sprinkling with blood' (rantismos tou haimatos) evokes Exodus 24:8 and the covenant ratification. Grace (charis) and peace (eirēnē) flow from this threefold divine initiative.
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