¹² And ^(A)this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby ^(B)wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel ^(C)a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶ But the ^(A)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(B)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(C)he will teach you all things and ^(D)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27 (E)Peace I leave with you; ^(F)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(G)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(H)let them be afraid.

³³ I have said these things to you, that ^(A)in me you may have peace. ^(B)In the world you will have ^(C)tribulation. But ^(D)take heart; ^(E)I have overcome the world.”

Peace with God Through Faith

5 ^(A)Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, ^(B)we^[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him we have also ^(C)obtained access by faith^[b] into this grace ^(D)in which we stand, and ^(E)we^[c] rejoice^[d] in hope of the glory of God.

¹⁹ For ^(A)in him all the ^(B)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and ^(C)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, ^(D)making peace ^(E)by the blood of his cross.