¹⁹ If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(A)

¹² in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.^(A)

³ We remember before our God and Father^(A) your work produced by faith,^(B) your labor prompted by love,^(C) and your endurance inspired by hope^(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son^(A) over God’s house. And we are his house,^(B) if indeed we hold firmly^(C) to our confidence and the hope^(D) in which we glory.