For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Blessed are ye, when {men} shall revile you, and persecute {you}, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

When Christ, {who is} our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {his...: Gr. the angels of his power}

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

Yea doubtless, and I count all things {but} loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them {but} dung, that I may win Christ,

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

To whom God would make known what {is} the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: {in: or, among}

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

She {is} more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.