Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. ¹ 

And now I stand here on trial ¹  because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, ² 

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ¹  who subjected it – in hope

For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body ¹  also will live in hope,

Against hope Abraham ¹  believed ²  in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations ³  according to the pronouncement, ⁴  “so will your descendants be.” ⁵ 

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ¹  in the hope of God’s glory.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ¹  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.