But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
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,
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.