Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given {us} everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

And God {is} able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all {things}, may abound to every good work:

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: {according to: or, after the example of}

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap {their} hands.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see {him} not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, {which is} our hope;

The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD {will be} the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. {hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour}

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man {that} turneth aside to tarry for a night?

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

Grace {be} to you, and peace, from God our Father, and {from} the Lord Jesus Christ.

And my speech and my preaching {was} not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: {enticing: or, persuasible}

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

But the Comforter, {which is} the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: {according to: or, after the example of}

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and {that} your joy might be full.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see {him} not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap {their} hands.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And all thy children {shall be} taught of the LORD; and great {shall be} the peace of thy children.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou {art} my God: thy spirit {is} good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. {long...: Heb. years of life}

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.

And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more {sad}.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and {I pray God} your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, {even} thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; {glorious...: Gr. the appearance of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ}

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

For thou {art} my hope, O Lord GOD: {thou art} my trust from my youth.

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

The hope of the righteous {shall be} gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if {it had been} possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. {Where...: or, What was then}

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: {Gentile: Gr. Greek}