⁷ For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

²³ May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

A Psalm by David.

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

¹⁹ For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.^[a]