You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.

come to him then ??come to that living Stone which men have rejected and God holds choice and precious,

For thus it stands in the scripture: Here I lay a Stone in Sion, a choice, a precious cornerstone: he who believes in him will never be disappointed.

Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

and to governors as deputed by him for the punishment of wrongdoers and the encouragement of honest people ??15 for it is the will of God that by your honest lives you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish persons.

he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly;

Thus Sara obeyed Abraham by calling him 'lord'. And you are daughters of Sara if you do what is right and yield to no panic.

he who would love Life and enjoy good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile:

let him shun wrong and do right, let him seek peace and make peace his aim.

who is at God's right hand ??for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

but they will have to answer for that to Him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead

So let those who are suffering by the will of God trust their souls to him, their faithful Creator, as they continue to do right.

let all your anxieties fall upon him, for his interest is in you.

Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.