'Hope' in the Bible

And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

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

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!"

I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

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

a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."

Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, "so will your descendants be."

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

and endurance, character, and character, hope.

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For the creation was subjected to futility -- not willingly but because of God 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?

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

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

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope."

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

when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

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.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!

For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

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

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

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

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

But I hope to see you right away, and we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name.