1. Since we have been made right with God by our faith, we have peace with God. This happened through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2. who through our faith 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. We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience.
4. And patience produces character, and character produces hope.