Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.