¹² And you will joyfully give thanks [or …have patience with joy, ¹² giving thanks] to the Father who has made you^[a] able to have a share in ·all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light [^Lthe inheritance of the saints/holy ones in the light].

¹³ ·God [^L…who] has ·freed [rescued; delivered] us from the ·power [authority; dominion] of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his ·dear [dearly loved; beloved] Son,

¹⁷ ·We have small troubles for a while now, but they [^LFor our brief and insignificant trials/tribulations] are ·helping us gain [or producing in us] an eternal ·glory [^Lburden/weight of glory] that ·is much greater than [overwhelmingly exceeds] the troubles.