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19 but with [the] precious blood of Christ, who represents an unblemished lamb, without defect.
20 For Christ was previously known [by God, even] before the world was created, yet was not fully revealed for your benefit until [these] final times.
21 [It is] through Christ, whom God raised from the dead and honored, that you people have become believers in God, so that your faith and hope could rest in God.