2. Through our faith, Christ has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.
3. And we also have joy with our troubles because we know that these troubles produce patience.
4. And patience produces character, and character produces hope.
5. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. God gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.
6. Christ died for us while we were still weak. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.
7. Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good man someone might possibly die.
8. But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In this way God shows his great love for us.
9. We have been made right with God by the blood of Christ’s death. So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger.
10. I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made us his friends through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.