and not only so, but we have present joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now obtained the reconciliation.

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

for I consider, that the sufferings of this present life are infinitely over-ballanc'd by that glory which shall hereafter be discovered to us.

for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession?

for I am fully persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

so the Jews are at present incredulous, by reason of the mercy shown to you; so that they themselves are now to be pitied.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.

and be not conformed to the present age: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may perceive what God requires of you is good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.