throughwhomalsowe have obtainedour introductionby faithinto thisgracein whichwe stand;and we exultin hopeof the gloryof God.
As for me, I shall beholdYour facein righteousness;I will be satisfiedwith Your likenesswhen I awake.
With Your counselYou will guideme, And afterwardreceiveme to glory.
The wickedis thrustdownby his wrongdoing,But the righteoushasa refugewhen he dies.
Yet I will exultin the LORD,I will rejoicein the Godof my salvation.
"His mastersaidto him, 'Well done,goodand faithfulslave.You were faithfulwith a few things,I will put you in chargeof many things;enterinto the joyof your master.'
SoJesussaidto them again,"Truly,truly,I sayto you, I amthe doorof the sheep.
"I amthe door;ifanyoneentersthroughMe, he will be saved,and will goin and out and findpasture.
Jesussaidto him, "I amthe way,and the truth,and the life;no onecomesto the Fatherbut throughMe.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, he who hearsMy word,and believesHim who sentMe, haseternallife,and does not comeinto judgment,but has passedout of deathinto life.
When they had arrivedand gatheredthe churchtogether,they [began] to reportall thingsthat Godhad donewith them and howHe had openeda doorof faithto the Gentiles.
Quite right,they were broken offfor their unbelief,but you standby your faith.Do not be conceited,but fear;
rejoicingin hope,perseveringin tribulation,devotedto prayer,
Whoare you to judgethe servantof another?To his ownmasterhe standsorfalls;and he will stand,for the Lordis ableto make him stand.
Nowmay the Godof hopefillyou with alljoyand peacein believing,sothat you will aboundin hopeby the powerof the HolySpirit.
to thosewho by perseverancein doinggoodseekfor gloryand honorand immortality,eternallife;
for allhave sinnedand fall shortof the gloryof God,
and hopedoes not disappoint,becausethe loveof Godhas been pouredout withinour heartsthroughthe HolySpiritwho was givento us.
Thereforethere is nownocondemnationfor thosewho are in ChristJesus.
For in hopewe have been saved,but hopethat is seenis not hope;for whohopesfor whathe [already] sees?
NowI make knownto you, brethren,the gospelwhichI preachedto you, whichalsoyou received,in whichalsoyou stand,
But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
For momentary,lightafflictionis producingfor us an eternalweightof gloryfarbeyondall comparison,
for throughHim we bothhaveour accessin oneSpiritto the Father.
in whomwe haveboldnessand confidentaccessthroughfaithin Him.
Therefore,takeup the full armorof God,sothat you will be ableto resistin the evilday,and having doneeverything,to stand firm.
Nowmay our LordJesusChristHimselfand Godour Father,who has lovedus and givenus eternalcomfortand goodhopeby grace,
but Christ[was faithful] as a SonoverHis house--whosehousewe are, ifwe hold fastour confidenceand the boastof our hopefirmuntilthe end.
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
For Christalsodiedfor sinsonce for all,[the] justfor [the] unjust,sothat He might bringus to God,having been put to deathin the flesh,but made alivein the spirit;
havingthe gloryof God.Her brilliancewas likea very costlystone,as a stoneof crystal-clearjasper.
And the cityhasnoneedof the sunorof the moonto shineon it, for the gloryof Godhas illuminedit, and its lamp[is] the Lamb.
And I hearda loudvoicefrom the throne,saying,"Behold,the tabernacleof Godis amongmen,and He will dwellamongthem, and they shall be His people,and GodHimselfwill be amongthem,
He who overcomes,I will grantto him to sitdownwith Me on My throne,as I alsoovercameand sat downwith My Fatheron His throne.
