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Related to the Lesson-Sermon for May 7, 1972, in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY Subject: Adam and Fallen Man

The hope which is laid up for you in heaven (Col. 1:5)

Paul is using an illustration associated with business transactions. The Greek verb is frequently found in storage receipts, and the hope, then, "is represented figuratively as a treasure stored in a heavenly treasure house, hidden from the world's view, inestimably precious, and forever secure" (The Interpreter's Bible).

Meet (Col. 1:12)

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