Refrain:
AllOur hope is not in vain,
because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.
1God reckons as righteous
those who believe, ♦
who believe in him who raised Jesus from the dead;
2For Christ was handed
over to death for our sins, ♦
and raised to life for our justification.
3Since we are justified
by faith, ♦
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
4Through Christ we have
gained access
to the grace in which we stand, ♦
and rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.
5We even exult in our
sufferings, ♦
for suffering produces endurance,
6And endurance brings
hope, ♦
and our hope is not in vain,
7Because God’s
love has been poured into our hearts, ♦
through the Holy Spirit, given to us.
8God proves his love
for us: ♦
while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
9Since we have been justified
by his death, ♦
how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath.
10Therefore, we exult
in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ♦
in whom we have now received our reconciliation.
Romans 4.24, 25; 5.1-5, 8, 9, 11
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllOur hope is not in vain,
because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.