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They Can Not Receive God’s Grace Excerpt Have cut yourselves off from Christ  may thus be rendered as “have completely separated yourselves from Christ.” This meaning may be expressed idiomatically in some languages as “have destroyed your bond with Christ,” or “have destroyed what ties you to Christ.” Furthermore, they are  outside God’s grace  ( literally , “you have fallen away from grace” ).  Grace  here may refer either to God’s or Christ’s grace, but most translators prefer the former interpretation. For a discussion of grace, see under  1.6 . So here also as in  1:6 ,  grace  includes the components of undeserved love and free gift. To obey the Law in order to win God’s approval is to turn one’s back on God’s gift of sonship. The expression “you have fallen away” should be understood, not in the sense that grace has been taken away from them, but in the sense that they have turned their backs on it ( NEB   “you have fa...

They Can Not Receive God’s Grace Excerpt Have cut yourselves off from Christ  may thus be rendered as “have completely separated yourselves from Christ.” This meaning may be expressed idiomatically in some languages as “have destroyed your bond with Christ ,” or “have destroyed what ties you to Christ .” Furthermore, they are  outside God’s grace   (literally, “you have fallen away from grace” ).  Grace  here may refer either to God’s or Christ’s grace , but most translators prefer the former interpretation. For a discussion of grace , see under  1.6 . So here also as in  1:6 ,  grace  includes the components of undeserved love and a free gift. To obey the Law in order to win God’s approval is to turn one’s back on God’s gift of sonship . The expression “you have fallen away” should be understood, not in the sense that grace has been taken away from them, but in the sense that they have turned their backs on it ( NEB   “you...