Now that we have been put right

with God through faith,

we have peace with God

through our LORD Jesus Christ.

He has brought us by faith

into this experience of God's grace,

in which we now live.

And so we boast of the hope

we have of sharing God's glory!

We also boast of our troubles,

because we know

that trouble produces endurance,

endurance brings God's approval,

and his approval creates hope.

This hope does not disappoint us,

for God has poured out his love

into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit,

who is God's gift to us.