¹⁸ I pray that ^(A)the eyes of your heart ^[a]may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the ^(B)hope of His ^(C)calling, what are ^(D)the riches of the glory of ^(E)His inheritance in ^(F)the ^[b]saints,

^3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who ^(B)according to His great mercy ^(C)has caused us to be born again to ^(D)a living hope through the ^(E)resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to obtain an ^(F)inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and ^(G)will not fade away, ^(H)reserved in heaven for you, ⁵ who are ^(I)protected by the power of God ^(J)through faith for ^(K)a salvation ready ^(L)to be revealed in the last time.

²⁰ For ^(A)our ^[a]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly ^(B)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(A)strangers and foreigners, but you are ^(B)fellow citizens with the ^[a]saints, and are of ^(C)God’s household,

²² But ^(A)you have come to Mount Zion and to ^(B)the city of ^(C)the living God, ^(D)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^(E)myriads of ^[a]angels, ²³ to the general assembly and ^(F)church of the firstborn who ^(G)are enrolled in heaven, and to God, ^(H)the Judge of all, and to the ^(I)spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus, the ^(J)mediator of a new covenant, and to the ^(K)sprinkled blood, which speaks better than ^(L)the blood of Abel.

²⁰ Nevertheless, do not ^[a]rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(A)your names are recorded in heaven.”