1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and so we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only so, but we also boast in tribulation, knowing that tribulation produces patience,
4 patience produces character, and character produces hope.
5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.