God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.

叫他的荣耀从我们这首先在基督里有盼望的人可以得着称赞。

为要使我们，这些首先把希望寄托在基督里的人，颂赞他的荣耀。

为要使我们，这些首先把希望寄托在基督里的人，颂赞他的荣耀。

好让我们这些首先在基督里得到盼望的人都来颂赞祂的荣耀。

藉着我们这在基督里首先有盼望的人，使他的荣耀得着颂赞。

以致我们这些早已在基督里有盼望的人，能归于他荣耀的称赞。

叫他的榮耀從我們這首先在基督裏有盼望的人可以得着稱讚。

為要使我們，這些首先把希望寄託在基督裏的人，頌讚他的榮耀。

為要使我們，這些首先把希望寄託在基督裏的人，頌讚他的榮耀。

好讓我們這些首先在基督裡得到盼望的人都來頌讚祂的榮耀。

藉著我們這在基督裡首先有盼望的人，使他的榮耀得著頌讚。

要使我們這首先寄望於基督的人讓他的榮耀得稱讚。

以致我們這些早已在基督裡有盼望的人，能歸於他榮耀的稱讚。

致其榮因我儕先於基督有望者、得讚頌焉、

使我儕首賴基督者、頌讚之也、

使天主之榮、因我儕先仰賴基督者得頌讚、

欲使夙盼基督之吾族、得發揚其光輝；

in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

We were the first to put our hope in Christ. We were chosen to bring praise to his glory.

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.

to the end that we who were the first to hope in the Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

“ Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, who pleases me. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.He will not fight or shout or raise his voice in public.He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. Finally he will cause justice to be victorious.And his name will be the hope of all the world.”

Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

And this will be his name:‘ The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’ In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.

In that day the heir to David’s throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world. The nations will rally to him, and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.

So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.

Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

And in another place Isaiah said,“ The heir to David’s throne will come, and he will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hope on him.”I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

“ Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.He will not shout or raise his voice in public.He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.”

He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.

In the Lord all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.

This is what the Lord says:“ Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.“ But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.

“ Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.

See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”

I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”

Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.

Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.