I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our
merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in
all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are
troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!
14 But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to
lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to
spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet
perfume. 15 Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.
But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being
saved and by those who are perishing.
