⁵ The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God^(A) and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

A Living Hope

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(A) Because of his great mercy^(B) he has given us new birth^(C) into a living hope^(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead^(E)