²⁰ Yahweh preserves all those who love him, But all the wicked he will destroy.

¹⁰ You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

²³ Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, And pays back him who deals proudly in full.

⁵ who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁶ Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

⁷ that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

⁸ whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

²⁸ We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}

³⁰ Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

²⁸ I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

⁴¹ Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

²⁸ For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

⁵ You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶ For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.

⁶ and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.