Results of hope

Hope reassures believers in this present life

Hope reassures believers in their faith

Hebrews 3:6 ESV

6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

See also Eph 1:18–19; Heb 7:18–22; Heb 10:23

Hope encourages believers

Psalm 31:2 ESV

2 Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

See also Is 40:31; Is 49:23; Ro 5:3–5

Hope encourages believers to rejoice

Romans 12:12 ESV

12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

See also Ro 5:1–2

Hope encourages believers to look for restoration

Ps 37:9; Je 14:8; Je 31:17; La 3:29–31; Ho 2:15; Zec 9:12

Hope leads to more effective Christian living and witness

Hope encourages believers to be bold

2 Corinthians 3:12 ESV

12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

Hope encourages believers to evangelise

See also 1 Pe 3:15

Hope leads to godly living

Ps 25:21; Heb 6:10–12; 1 Jn 3:2

Hope equips believers for spiritual warfare

1 Thessalonians 5:8 ESV

8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

Hope enables believers to face suffering with confidence

Romans 5:3–5 ESV

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 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.

See also Ps 22:24; Ps 147:11; Php 1:20

Hope enables believers to face the future with confidence

Hope assures believers of an eternal dimension to life

1 Corinthians 15:19 ESV

19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Hope enables believers to face death with confidence

Psalm 16:9–10 ESV

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

See also Job 19:25–27; Ps 33:18; 1 Co 6:14; 2 Co 4:10–14; Php 1:3–6; Re 1:17–18

Hope assures believers of their eternal life

Ac 2:26–27; Ro 8:23–25; Tt 1:1–2; Tt 3:7; 1 Pe 1:3

Hope enables believers to face the coming wrath with confidence

1 Thessalonians 1:10 ESV

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Hope assures believers of their heavenly inheritance

1 Peter 1:3–5 ESV

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

See also Eph 1:18