Colossians 1:5

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

¹³In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

⁸From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

²in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

²⁷to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

²as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow,

¹⁹If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

²³if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

¹⁹(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

⁵For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.