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12 Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,

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12-15 With that kind of hope to excite us, nothing holds us back. Unlike Moses, we have nothing to hide. Everything is out in the open with us. He wore a veil so the children of Israel wouldn’t notice that the glory was fading away—and they didn’t notice. They didn’t notice it then and they don’t notice it now, don’t notice that there’s nothing left behind that veil. Even today when the proclamations of that old, bankrupt government are read out, they can’t see through it. Only Christ can get rid of the veil so they can see for themselves that there’s nothing there.

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12 So, since we have such a hope, we act with great confidence.

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12 Therefore, since we have such a hope,(A) we are very bold.(B)

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12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

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