Preposition usage: to/with

[Cisco795]

"Your joy is not an end in itself, but a result. It comes from the fact that you are in a right relationship [color=red]toGod through faith in Jesus".[/color]

Quoted from a book written by Robert A. Cook.

If it had been my writing I would have used with instead.

I am in so much need of help in my way to get a full grasp on English prepositions, so any kind of explanation with the usage of these two prepositions will be greatly appreciated.

I have tried to understand the whys on the use of to over with in this paragraph and I am as confused as when I first read it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cisco795
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[Milanya]

relationship
1. [countable] the way in which two people or two groups feel about each other and behave towards each other
relationship with
I have quite a good relationship with my parents.
She has a close relationship with her daughter.
2. [uncountable and countable] the way in which two or more things are connected and affect each other
relationship to
He's studying politics and its relationship to the media.
The lessons bear little relationship (=they are not connected) to the children's actual needs. http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/relationship

In your case it has to be "relationship to" because it is about a person's connection to god, not about how a person and god feel about each other.
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con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.

[Vtg81]

http://online-kinofilms.ru/

[Cisco795]

Thanks a bunch Milanya. Very nice of you, The dictionary link will be so helpful for future references, it`s been placed in my favorites, in other words, you did not only answered one question for me, but many more to come. Thanks.

God bless you.
Cisco795
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