May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hopeNIV
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, Who loved us and gave us everlasting consolation and encouragement and well-founded hope through [His] grace (unmerited favor)
AMP
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
KJV
"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail."
NIV
For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.]AMP
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
KJV
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
NIV
So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
AMP
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
KJV
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
NIV
That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all.
AMP
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
KJV
"For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
NIV
This is the reason therefore why I have begged to see you and to talk with you, since it is because of the Hope of Israel (the Messiah) that I am bound with this chain.
AMP
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
KJV