¹² Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted^(A) the prophets who were before you.^(B)

⁴ and into an inheritance that is imperishable,^(A) undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven^(B) for you. ⁵ You are being guarded by God’s power^(C) through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.^(D)