Hope

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This word is often used very erroneously. In common language it always implies uncertainty, because this element always attaches to future things amongst men. In Scripture it is never so used, inasmuch as what is future, is just as certain as what is past. If we hope for a thing, then do we with patience wait for it (Rom. 8:2525But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (Romans 8:25)) If, therefore, I say I hope for salvation, I mean I am patiently waiting for God to complete in the salvation of my body the work He has already begun in the saving of my soul. It is sometimes translated “trust.”