But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,
Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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