⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify^(A) the God and Father^(B) of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me,^(A) is greater than all^[a];^(B) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.”^(C)

⁶ and has made us to be a kingdom and priests^(A) to serve his God and Father^(B)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.^(C)

Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms^(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

²⁴ When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.^(A) “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.^(B)

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever,^(A) knows^(B) that I am not lying.

Praise to God for a Living Hope

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!^(A) In his great mercy^(B) he has given us new birth^(C) into a living hope^(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,^(E)

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

⁹ and, moreover, that the Gentiles^(A) might glorify God^(B) for his mercy. As it is written:

¹⁰ Again, it says,

¹¹ And again,