through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees?

rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer,

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;

There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

let us hold firmly the profession of the faith, without declining; for he is faithful that promised;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and sanctify the anointed Lord in your hearts, and be always ready with a defense to every one that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you; but with meekness and fear,

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth;

But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

but those who are judged worthy to attain that life, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry nor are married;

Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice

My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me,

If any man serves me let him follow me; and where I am there also shall my servant be. If anyone serves me, him will the Father honor.

In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you.

In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you.

as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life.

Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world;

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

Men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus the Nazoraean, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and prodigies and miracles, which God performed by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know, this man, delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have affixed to the cross, and killed by the hand of the wicked, read more. him has God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David says of him, I saw the Lord always before me, he is on my right hand that I should not be moved; therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad, and my flesh, moreover, shall also live in hope; for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor suffer thy Holy One to see destruction. Thou hast made me know the ways of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence. Men and brothers, let me speak to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him to set a descendant of his on his throne, foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that he was not left in hades neither did his flesh see destruction. This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are. Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear. For David ascended not to heaven, but he says, The Lord said to my lord, Sit on my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly, that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.

but what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished. Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, read more. and he send to you Jesus Christ before appointed, whom heaven must receive till the times of the restoration of all things of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the world began.

And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under trial.

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Having obtained therefore help from God, I have continued to this day, testifying to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said should take place;

For this reason, therefore, I have called you to see and converse with you, because I am loaded with this chain on account of the hope of Israel.

declared to be the Son of God in power as to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead,??esus Christ our Lord,??5 through whom we have received grace and an apostleship for the obedience of the faith in all nations in behalf of his name,

Having been justified therefore by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only [this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience,

And not only [this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience, and patience, experience, and experience, hope;

and patience, experience, and experience, hope; and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us.

and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us.

The Spirit itself is a co-witness with our spirits that we are children of God. And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him. read more. For I think that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory to be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to a perishable condition, not willingly, but by him that subjected it, in hope

For the creation was subjected to a perishable condition, not willingly, but by him that subjected it, in hope that the same creation will be delivered from the servitude of destruction and [brought] into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

that the same creation will be delivered from the servitude of destruction and [brought] into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. For we know that all the creation groans and is in pain till now;

For we know that all the creation groans and is in pain till now; and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees?

For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees? but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

so that you are behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

then is the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will destroy every principality and every authority and power. For he must reign till he has put all enemies under his feet. read more. The last enemy, death, shall be destroyed, for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him; and when all things have been put under him, then will the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

But some one will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor shall destruction inherit indestructibleness.

And when this destructible has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in victory.

If any one is not a friend to the Lord, let him be accursed. The Lord comes.

knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort. For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life; read more. but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death and will deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver,

for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle was destroyed, we have an edifice from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power, read more. which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds], above every principality and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this life but also in that to come, and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.

that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, read more. using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;

There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;

that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name,

holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

who will change our humble body, and make it like his glorious body, by the power by which he is able also to subject all things to himself.

on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel

on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel

as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,

if indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God; employ your minds on things above, not on things on the earth. read more. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God; when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.

when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.

For I bear him witness that he has great zeal for you and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God even our Father,

for they declare of us what introduction we had to you, and how you turned from idols to God, to serve the living and true God,

And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on account of Jesus. read more. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord. read more. Comfort one another, therefore, with these words.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fit, because your faith increases greatly, and the love of every one of you all one for another abounds,

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope,

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you; read more. and so having waited long he obtained the promise. For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute; for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,

where our forerunner Jesus entered, made after the order of Melchisedec a chief priest forever.

henceforth waiting till his enemies are made his footstool.

let us approach with a true heart in a full assurance of faith, sprinkled in heart from an evil conscience, and washed in body with pure water,

But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings, partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated. read more. For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise.

All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth. For those who say such things show that they seek a native country. read more. And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return; but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

women received their dead from a resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last

And one of the elders answered and said to me, Who are those clothed with white robes, and whence did they come? And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them.

Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them. And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat,

And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat, for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

AND the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign forever and ever. And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces, and worshipped God, read more. saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and reign, and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth.

They shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them,??or he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

and it was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and clean;??or fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of the saints. And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God.

And I saw a new heaven and new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. read more. And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God, and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall lamentation nor crying nor pain be any more, for the former things have passed away. And he that sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write that these words are faithful and true. And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that conquers shall inherit these things, and I will be to him a God and he shall be to me a son.

Blessed are they that keep his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and enter by the gates into the city.

For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees? but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on account of Jesus. read more. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord. Comfort one another, therefore, with these words.

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to piety,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us, which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and entering within the vail,