False Hope

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

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

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

to whom God was pleased to make known what are 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, these are children of God.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”; — read the full passage →

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you — read the full passage →

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. — read the full passage →

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;