Hope that Does not Disappoint RSV

Genesis 17:19 God said,  "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Romans 3:19-26 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be accountable to God.

For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and prophets bear witness of it,

the righteousness of God though faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;

since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins;

it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

But he was sounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.

Ephesians 2:13-22 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

For He is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall  of hostility,

by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man  in place of the two, so making peace,

and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, therefore bringing the hostility to an end.

And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:11-12 This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.

James 1:12-18 Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one;

but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Of his own will be brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Philippians 1:19-20 Yes, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I shall not at all ashamed; but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.