Encyclopedia entry
hope
One of the three main elements of Christian character (1 Cor. 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing (Rom. 8:24; 1 John 3:2). “Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity (1 Pet. 3:15; Heb. 10:23). In it the whole glory of the Christian vocation is centred (Eph. 1:18; 4:4).” Unbelievers are without this hope (Eph. 2:12; 1 Thess. 4:13). Christ is the actual object of the believer’s hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled (1 Tim. 1:1; Col. 1:27; Titus 2:13). It is spoken of as “lively”, i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life (1 Pet. 1:3). In Rom. 5:2 the “hope” spoken of is probably objective, i.e., “the hope set before us,” namely, eternal life (comp. 12:12). In 1 John 3:3 the expression “hope in him” ought rather to be, as in the Revised Version, “hope on him,” i.e., a hope based on God.
In the Bible
173
Verses where hope is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 15:19
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
- 1 Corinthians 16:7
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- 1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
+167 more verses naming hope.
Scripture on hope
127
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- Colossians 11 Peter 1Job 6Psalms 33Jeremiah 172 Corinthians 1Ephesians 1Hebrews 61 Peter 3Job 8Job 11Job 14Psalms 42Psalms 62Psalms 71Psalms 130Proverbs 11Isaiah 20Isaiah 59Jeremiah 14Zechariah 9Acts 24Acts 261 Corinthians 13Ephesians 2Philippians 21 Thessalonians 41 Timothy 1Titus 2Hebrews 101 John 3Ruth 11 Kings 201 Chronicles 29Ezra 10Job 4Job 5Job 7Job 13Job 17Job 19Job 27Job 31Job 41Psalms 9Psalms 16Psalms 22Psalms 31Psalms 37Psalms 38Psalms 39Psalms 43Psalms 65Psalms 69Psalms 78Psalms 131Psalms 146Psalms 147Proverbs 10Proverbs 13Proverbs 14Proverbs 19Proverbs 23Proverbs 24Proverbs 26Proverbs 29Ecclesiastes 9Isaiah 38Isaiah 42Isaiah 49Isaiah 51Isaiah 57Jeremiah 2Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 29Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 50Ezekiel 13Ezekiel 19Ezekiel 37Hosea 2Joel 3Matthew 12Luke 6John 3John 5Acts 2Acts 16Acts 23Acts 27Acts 28Romans 4Romans 11Romans 121 Corinthians 91 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 162 Corinthians 32 Corinthians 52 Corinthians 102 Corinthians 112 Corinthians 13Galatians 5Ephesians 4Philippians 11 Thessalonians 11 Thessalonians 21 Thessalonians 52 Thessalonians 21 Timothy 31 Timothy 41 Timothy 51 Timothy 62 Timothy 2Titus 1Titus 3Philemon 1Hebrews 3Hebrews 7Hebrews 112 John 13 John 1
Entries that reference hope
1
Voices on hope
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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