¹⁹ If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.

⁷ so that, having been justified by his grace,^(A) we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.^(B)

¹⁵ Therefore, he is the mediator^(A) of a new covenant,^[a](B) so that those who are called might receive the promise^(C) of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^(D)