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and in his name will the Gentiles hope.”
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And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
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But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened.
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.
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therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope.
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But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers;
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that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us,
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But when Paul perceived that one part were Sad′ducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial.”
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having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
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At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.
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And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
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to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
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And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
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For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
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In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations; as he had been told, “So shall your descendants be.”
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Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
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and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
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and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
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For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
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But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
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Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
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For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
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and further Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.”
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
