Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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

Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand—

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged,

I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test.

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

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth 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 were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?