A lively hope

1 Peter 1:3-10 KJV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Je'-sus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrect of Je'-sus Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations;

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Je'-sus Christ;

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you.

The hope which is laid up for you in heaven

Colossians 1:3-6 We give thanks to God and the Father of our lord Je'sus Christ, praying always for you,

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Je'-sus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth fourth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

And hope maketh not ashamed

Romans 4:17-25 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sa'-rah's womb.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him.

But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Je'-sus our Lord from the dead;

Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.