22 But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
23 if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
Most folks lean real heavy on verse 22 and apparently miss the next one.
“If” is tricky in a lot of places, Elsie. It also means, “since.”
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Thayer Definition:
1) if, indeed, inasmuch, as, since
Part of Speech: conjunction
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1487 and G1065
I hope that helps ya.