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. HOPE. "For we have been saved, though only in hope. Now to see is no longer to hope: why should a man endure and wait [hope] for what he already sees? But if we hope for something we do not yet see, then, in waiting for it, we show our endurance." (Rom 8:24,25 NEB). "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for according to His great mercy He gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead". (1 Peter 1:3). "This Spirit He poured out richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that, after being declared righteous by virtue of the undeserved kindness of that One, we might become heirs according to a hope of everlasting life." (Titus 3:6,7). "For to this end we are working hard and exerting ourselves, because we have rested our hope on a Living God, who is a Saviour of all sorts of men, especially of faithful ones." (1 Tim 4:10). "But we desire each one of you to show the same industriousness so as to have the full assurance of the hope down to the end... This hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both sure and firm..." (From Heb 6:11 & 19). "You must therefore be mentally stripped for action, perfectly self-controlled. Fix your hopes on the gift of grace which is to be yours when Jesus Christ is revealed." (1 Peter 1:13 NEB). "For all the ancient scriptures were written for our own instruction, in order that through the encouragement they give us we may maintain our hope with fortitude." (Rom 15:4 NEB).
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