22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,

23let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

24Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

5Why are you in despair, my soul?Why are you disturbed within me?Hope in God!For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

6My God, my soul is in despair within me.Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan,the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

11Why are you in despair, my soul?Why are you disturbed within me?Hope in God! For I shall still praise him,the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions.Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

12"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.Don’t be silent at my tears.For I am a stranger with you,a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

25But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

15where then is my hope?As for my hope, who will see it?

2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

2through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

4and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

5and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

17But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus2:19 TR adds "Christ" at his coming?

11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,

15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

16having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

20who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

2Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you.Be our strength every morning,our salvation also in the time of trouble.

6There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

10"Now I will arise," says Yahweh."Now I will lift myself up.Now I will be exalted.

6Isn’t your piety your confidence?Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?

16It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance.A form was before my eyes.Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

17‘Shall mortal man be more just than God?Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

50Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

52Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

8whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

13Therefore prepare your minds for action.1:13 literally, "gird up the waist of your mind" or "put on the belt of the waist of your mind" Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

2It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge,nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.

18Discipline your son, for there is hope;don’t be a willing party to his death.

21There are many plans in a man’s heart,but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

11Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

4Cheer up, therefore, O holy-minded mother! Hold the firm hope of your steadfastness with God.

7If it were lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of your story, the spectators wouldn’t shudder at seeing the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even to death.

22For they became the ransom to the sin of the nation. The Divine Providence saved Israel, which was afflicted before, by the blood of those pious ones and the death that appeased wrath.

7The grass withers,the flower fades,because Yahweh’s breath blows on it.Surely the people are like grass.

21Haven’t you known?Haven’t you heard?Haven’t you been told from the beginning?Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

31but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.They will mount up with wings like eagles.They will run, and not be weary.They will walk, and not faint.

7For dreams have led many astray.They have failed by putting their hope in them.

14Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward,for he is his hope.

17He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes.He gives health, life, and blessing.