²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.^(A)

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^(A)

⁵ And hope^(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(C) who has been given to us.

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good^(A) of those who love him, who^[a] have been called^(B) according to his purpose.^(C)