2Th 2:16, Heb 3:6, 6:18, 1Pe 1:3-9, 1Jo 3:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself , and God our Father , who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace ,

ad[See ver. 1 above]

ae Rom. 8:15; Gal. 3:26; Eph. 1:5

af[Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17]

ag ch. 2:28

ai Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:11; Phil. 3:21; 2 Pet. 1:4

aj John 17:24; 1 Cor. 13:12; Rev. 22:4

ak Rom. 15:12

al 2 Cor. 7:1

2 Thessalonians 2:16

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^awho loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^bhope through grace,

Hebrews 3:6

6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as ^ca son. And ^dwe are his house, if indeed we ^ehold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert firm to the end}

Hebrews 6:18

18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^git is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^hset before us.

1 Peter 1:3-9

Born Again to a Living Hope

3 ⁱBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^jAccording to his great mercy, ^khe has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^lthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to ^man inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ⁿunfading, ^okept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded ^pthrough faith for a salvation ^qready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by ^rvarious trials, 7 so that ^sthe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes ^tthough it is tested by ^ufire—may be found to result in ^vpraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 ^wThough you have not seen him, you love him. ^xThough you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining ^ythe outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 John 3:1-3

1 See ^zwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^aachildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^abthe world does not know us is that ^acit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ^adGod’s children ^aenow, and what we will be ^afhas not yet appeared; but we know that ^agwhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^aiwe shall be like him, because ^ajwe shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who ^akthus hopes in him ^alpurifies himself as he is pure.