False Hope

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: — read the full passage →

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, — read the full passage →

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. — read the full passage →

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;