through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ¹  in the hope of God’s glory.

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

who are Israelites. To them belong ¹  the adoption as sons, ²  the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, ³  and the promises.

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including ¹  more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase ²  to the glory of God.

I pray that ¹  the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ²  may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation ³  in your growing knowledge of him, ⁴ 

I pray that ¹  according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ¹ 

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, ¹  that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. ² 

You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor. ¹ 

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

They probed ¹  into what person or time ²  the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ ³  and his subsequent glory. ⁴ 

Through him you now trust ¹  in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

For all flesh ¹  is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; ²  the grass withers and the flower falls off,

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed ¹  you may also rejoice and be glad. ² 

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, ¹  who is the Spirit of God, ²  rests ³  on you.

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: