2Th 2:16-17, 1Pe 1:3-5, 21, 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 ,

t[See ver. 1 above]

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

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

w ch. 2:28

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

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

aa Rom. 15:12

ab 2 Cor. 7:1

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

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, 17 comfort your hearts and ^cestablish them in every good work and word.

1 Peter 1:3-5

Born Again to a Living Hope

3 ^dBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^eAccording to his great mercy, ^fhe has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^gthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to ^han inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ⁱunfading, ^jkept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded ^kthrough faith for a salvation ^lready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:21

21 ^mwho through him are believers in God, ⁿwho raised him from the dead and ^ogave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 John 3:1-3

1 See ^pwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^qchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^rthe world does not know us is that ^sit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ^tGod’s children ^unow, and what we will be ^vhas not yet appeared; but we know that ^wwhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^ywe shall be like him, because ^zwe shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who ^aathus hopes in him ^abpurifies himself as he is pure.