For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.

For this is what the promise declared: “About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.