1:30a It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus,

No, you are united with Christ Jesus only because of what God has done.
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God is the one who unites you to Christ Jesus.
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Instead, it is because of what God has done for you that you are in Christ Jesus,

1:30b who has become for us wisdom from God:

⌊Christ Jesus⌋ is God’s wise way to save us (incl.).
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It is through Christ Jesus that God wisely acted to save us (incl.).
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Christ Jesus is God’s wise way to save people ⌊from sin and death⌋.

1:30c our righteousness,

That is, God put us (incl.) right,
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⌊Christ made⌋ us (incl.) right with God,

1:30d holiness,

we (incl.) became God’s holy people,
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⌊he⌋ set us (incl.) apart to be God’s own people,

1:30e and redemption.

and by him we (incl.) are redeemed.
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and ⌊he⌋ set us (incl.) free/freed us ⌊from sin/evil⌋.
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and ⌊through Christ⌋ we are ransomed from sin and death.

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