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But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
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even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved),
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and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
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for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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not of works, that no one would boast.