“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God — death (apothnēskō) is aorist-accomplished: the old self died. 'Your life is hidden with Christ in God' (zōē...kryptē syn Christō en tō Theō) is paradoxical: true life is concealed, not visible. The hiding (kryptē) in Christ's hiddenness protects from worldly exposure. Eschatological unveiling (1 John 3:2) is awaited, but security is present.
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