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It is not merely wishful thinking but is grounded in faith and the promises of God. Hope is a fundamental aspect of the Christian life, intertwined with faith and love, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/13-13.htm">1 Corinthians 13:13</a>: "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love." Old Testament Understanding: In the Old Testament, hope is often associated with waiting and trust in God. The Hebrew word "tikvah" conveys a sense of expectation and longing. For instance, in <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a>, God assures His people, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Here, hope is linked to God's faithfulness and His plans for His people. The Psalms frequently express hope in God as a source of strength and deliverance. <a href="/psalms/42-11.htm">Psalm 42:11</a> states, "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God." This verse illustrates the psalmist's reliance on God amidst despair. New Testament Perspective: In the New Testament, hope takes on a more defined shape with the coming of Jesus Christ. It is closely tied to the resurrection and the promise of eternal life. <a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a> declares, "And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." This hope is assured by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. The Apostle Paul frequently speaks of hope in his epistles. In <a href="/romans/8-24.htm">Romans 8:24-25</a>, he writes, "For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently." Here, hope is portrayed as an essential component of salvation, characterized by patience and perseverance. Hope in Christ: Christian hope is ultimately centered on Jesus Christ and His redemptive work. <a href="/colossians/1-27.htm">Colossians 1:27</a> speaks of "Christ in you, the hope of glory." This hope is not only for the present life but extends into eternity, promising believers a future with God. <a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3-4</a> emphasizes the living hope through the resurrection of Jesus: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you." Practical Implications: Hope influences the believer's conduct and outlook on life. It provides strength in trials, as seen in <a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Romans 12:12</a>: "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer." Hope encourages perseverance and steadfastness, motivating believers to live in a manner worthy of their calling. Furthermore, hope is a source of encouragement and comfort. In <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:13</a>, Paul writes to the Thessalonians about the hope of the resurrection, urging them not to grieve like those without hope. Conclusion: While hope is a present reality for believers, it also points to the future fulfillment of God's promises. It is a vital aspect of the Christian faith, sustaining believers through life's challenges and anchoring them in the assurance of God's eternal plan.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1680.htm">1680. elpis -- expectation, hope</a> ... certain); . Word Origin from the same as elpizo Definition expectation, hope NASB Word Usage hope (53), hopes (1). faith, hope. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1680.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1679.htm">1679. elpizo -- to expect, to hope (for)</a> ... expect) Definition to expect, to hope (for) NASB Word Usage expect (1), expected (1), fix...hope (2), fixed...hope (2), hope (13), hoped (3), hopes (1), hoping ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1679.htm - 8k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/v_vain_hopes.htm">Vain Hopes.</a> ... V. VAIN HOPES. "And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. But he said, If they ... //christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/v vain hopes.htm<a href="/library/morris/favourite_welsh_hymns/xxvii_early_hopes.htm">Early Hopes.</a> ... THE SOUL. XXVII. EARLY HOPES. Mi feddyliais yn y boreu 8,7,8,7,4,7. In the morning I expected,. That I should long, long ere now,. ... //christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/xxvii early hopes.htm<a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_xxii_vanished_hopes.htm">Vanished Hopes</a> ... Chapter XXII VANISHED HOPES. The tremulous old man, weakened from his long and superhuman struggle to enter the doomed city, held ... /.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxii vanished hopes.htm<a href="/library/augustine/on_the_holy_trinity/chapter_15_although_the_soul_hopes.htm">Although the Soul Hopes for Blessedness, yet it Does not Remember ...</a> ... Book XIV. Chapter 15."Although the Soul Hopes for Blessedness, Yet It Does Not Remember Lost Blessedness, But Remembers God and the Rules of Righteousness. ... /.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 15 although the soul hopes.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/the_hopes_of_old_age.htm">The Hopes of Old Age. March 17.</a> ... The Hopes of Old Age. March 17. Christianity alone deprives old age of its bitterness, making it the gate of heaven. Our bodies ... //christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /the hopes of old age.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_lxxx_seeing_however_that.htm">Seeing, However, that Celsus Alleges that "Christians are Won Over ...</a> ... Chapter LXXX. Seeing, however, that Celsus alleges that "Christians are won over by us through vain hopes? Seeing, however, that ... /.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxx seeing however that.htm<a href="/library/allen/autobiography_of_frank_g_allen_minister_of_the_gospel/chapter_iii_his_religious_experience.htm">His Religious Experience. Tries to be a Methodist. Hopes to Become ...</a> ... Tries to be a Methodist. Hopes to become a Preacher. Boy Preaching. ... Tries to be a Methodist. Hopes to become a Preacher. Boy Preaching. ... /.../chapter iii his religious experience.htm<a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/62_and_be_not_deceived.htm">And be not Deceived or Deluded with Vain Hopes by that which is ...</a> ... Book II. 62 And be not deceived or deluded with vain hopes by that which is said by? And be not deceived or deluded with vain ... /.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/62 and be not deceived.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/sundays_after_trinity_faith_219.htm">Christ, of all My Hopes the Ground</a> ... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Sundays After Trinity: Faith 219. Christ, of all my hopes the ground. Four 7's ... Ralph Wardlaw, 1817. Christ, of all my hopes the ground,. ... /.../sundays after trinity faith 219.htm<a href="/library/doddridge/practical_discourses_on_regeneration/discourse_iii_of_the_nature.htm">Of the Nature of Regeneration, with Respect to the Change it ...</a> ... DISCOURSE III. OF THE NATURE OF REGENERATION, WITH RESPECT TO THE CHANGE IT PRODUCES IN MEN'S AFFECTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, LABORS, ENJOYMENTS AND HOPES. ... /.../doddridge/practical discourses on regeneration/discourse iii of the nature.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/hopes.htm">Hopes (24 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Hopes (24 Occurrences). Matthew 12:21 And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes." (WEY). John 5 ... /h/hopes.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/f/fix.htm">Fix (36 Occurrences)</a> ... (DBY). Ephesians 1:12 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. (WEY). ... /f/fix.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/d/disappoint.htm">Disappoint (2 Occurrences)</a> ... or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his ... /d/disappoint.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/p/promise.htm">Promise (112 Occurrences)</a> ... 9. (vi) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PROMISE. ... /p/promise.htm - 42k<a href="/topical/f/fixed.htm">Fixed (284 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Timothy 4:10 and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind ... /f/fixed.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm">Pharisees (86 Occurrences)</a> ... to the Law 5. Traditional Interpretations of the Law by Pharisees (Sabbath, etc.) 6. Close Students of the Text of Scripture (1) Messianic Hopes (2) Almsgiving ... /p/pharisees.htm - 66k<a href="/topical/b/build.htm">Build (242 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (vi) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the ... /b/build.htm - 45k<a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets (270 Occurrences)</a> ... have not originated in their own reflection or calculation; and just as little is this prophecy the product of their own feelings, fears or hopes, but, as ... /p/prophets.htm - 69k<a href="/topical/p/prophecy.htm">Prophecy (37 Occurrences)</a> ... have not originated in their own reflection or calculation; and just as little is this prophecy the product of their own feelings, fears or hopes, but, as ... /p/prophecy.htm - 55k<a href="/topical/z/ziba.htm">Ziba (13 Occurrences)</a> ... When asked where Mephibosheth is, he accuses his master of remaining behind purposely in hopes that his father's kingdom would be restored to him. ... /z/ziba.htm - 14k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-hopes.html">What does it mean that love always hopes (1 Corinthians 13:7)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-protects.html">What does it mean that love always protects (1 Corinthians 13:7)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/hope-deferred.html">What does it mean that hope deferred makes the heart sick (Proverbs 13:12)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/hopes.htm">Hopes: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Hopes (24 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/12-21.htm">Matthew 12:21</a> And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes." (WEY)<a href="/john/5-45.htm">John 5:45</a> Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes. (BBE NIV)<a href="/acts/12-11.htm">Acts 12:11</a> And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews. (BBE)<a href="/acts/16-19.htm">Acts 16:19</a> But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them off to the magistrates in the public square. (WEY)<a href="/romans/8-24.htm">Romans 8:24</a> For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Romans 10:3</a> Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness. (WEY)<a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a> And again Isaiah says, "There shall be the Root of Jesse and One who rises up to rule the Gentiles. On Him shall the Gentiles build their hopes." (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/13-7.htm">1 Corinthians 13:7</a> bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ephesians/1-12.htm">Ephesians 1:12</a> so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. (WEY)<a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm">1 Timothy 4:10</a> and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers. (WEY)<a href="/1_timothy/5-5.htm">1 Timothy 5:5</a> A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate, has her hopes fixed on God, and continues at her supplications and prayers, night and day; (WEY)<a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a> Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment. (WEY RSV)<a href="/titus/3-7.htm">Titus 3:7</a> in order that having been declared righteous through His grace we might become heirs to the Life of the Ages in fulfilment of our hopes. (WEY)<a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a> Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ. (WEY)<a href="/1_peter/3-5.htm">1 Peter 3:5</a> For in ancient times also this was the way the holy women who set their hopes upon God used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their husbands. (WEY)<a href="/1_john/3-3.htm">1 John 3:3</a> and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure. (See RSV)<a href="/ruth/1-12.htm">Ruth 1:12</a> Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons, (BBE)<a href="/2_kings/4-28.htm">2 Kings 4:28</a> Then she said, "Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me?" (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/9-18.htm">Psalms 9:18</a> For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalms 62:10</a> Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it. (BBE RSV)<a href="/psalms/119-116.htm">Psalms 119:116</a> Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/10-28.htm">Proverbs 10:28</a> The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16</a> Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/37-9.htm">Jeremiah 37:9</a> The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away. 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