What does the Bible tell us about hope? What should we hope for and why?
Hope is generally defined as “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen; a feeling of trust.” People hope in many things that aren’t related to God, such as a relationship, job promotion, winning the lotto, etc. However, the hope of the Bible, trusting in God to deliver us from sin and death, transcends the worldly hope that many have today.
In Romans 5, Paul explains how the hope of sincere Christians actually welcomes suffering as a means of strengthening our faith:
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:1-5)
Here we have compiled some of the best Bible verses about hope from the Old and New Testaments to encourage and strengthen your endurance of faith. May these scripture quotes about hope help to uplift your hopes from worldly desires to the salvation of your soul in Jesus Christ!
