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Veikko J. Pyhtilä,
19.4.2020
There is hope that
God takes care of his own people, and all who trust in him in earnest.
Even if we die in
time, we have the hope of resurrection and eternal life without pain and
illness and no current temporal worries.
God lets his sun
shine and rain on both the wicked and the righteous.
God, Jesus, and
the Holy Ghost give living hope, faith, and love to all who desire to receive
the gift of salvation according to God’s ordinance.
Jesus ’own
disciples, even today, offer the gift of forgiveness of sins by the power of
the gospel by the authority of God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. The gift can only
be received by accepting and preserving it, faith, and a good conscience until
the end of temporal life.
Excerpts from Bible
King James version
1. Thess. 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,
and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
1. Thess. 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on
the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope
of salvation.
Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that
I should prolong my life?
Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about
thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall
not escape, and their hope shall
be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 14:7 For there is hope
of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender
branch thereof will not cease.
Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the
things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and
mine hope hath he removed like a
tree.
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away
his soul?
Ps. 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
thou didst make me hope when I
was upon my mother's breasts.
Ps. 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art
thou disquieted in me? hope thou in
God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Ps. 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in
God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance,
and my God.
Ps. 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope in God:
for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my
God.
Ps. 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his
commandments:
Ps. 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my
mouth; for I have hoped in thy
judgments.
Ps. 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:
and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Ps. 130:7 Let Israel hope
in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is
plenteous redemption.
Prov. 10:28 The hope of
the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall
perish.
Prov. 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall
perish: and the hope of unjust men
perisheth.
Eccl. 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a
dead lion.
Isa. 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not
celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Isa. 57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet
saidst thou not, There is no hope:
thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Jer. 2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat
from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope:
no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Jer. 3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for
from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD
our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jer. 14:8 O the hope
of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a
stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry
for a night?
Jer. 17:13 O LORD, the hope
of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart
from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the
fountain of living waters.
Jer. 18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one
do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jer. 31:17 And there is hope
in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own
border.
Jer. 50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their
adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the
habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope
of their fathers.
Ezek. 13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,
The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others
to hope that they would confirm the
word.
Exek. 19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of
her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Ezek. 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the
whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our
parts.
Hos. 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the
valley of Achor for a door of hope:
and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when
she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his
voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will
be the hope of his people, and
the strength of the children of Israel.
Zech. 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that
I will render double unto thee;
Luke 6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye?
for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Luke 23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for
he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him.
Acts 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was
glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them
into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and
brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Acts 24:15 And have hope
toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a
resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts 24:26 He hoped
also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him:
wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Acts 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly
serving God day and night, hope
to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Acts 27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on us,
all hope that we should be saved was
then taken away.
Acts 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see
you, and to speak with you
: because that for the hope of
Israel I am bound with this chain.
Rom. 4:18 Who against hope
believed in hope, that he might
become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall
thy seed be.
Rom. 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope
of the glory of God.
Rom. 5:5 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.
Rom. 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not
willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Rom. 8:24 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?
Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were
written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the
scriptures might have hope.
Rom. 15:13 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.
1. Cor. 9:10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For
our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow
in hope; and that he that thresheth
in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1. Cor. 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is
charity.
2. Cor. 1:7 And our hope
of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall
ye be also of the consolation.
2. Cor. 8:5 And this they did,
not as we hoped, but first gave
their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
2. Cor. 10:15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that
we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Eph. 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that
ye may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God in
the world:
Phil. 1:20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be
ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be
magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Col. 1:5 For the hope
which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the
truth of the gospel;
Col. 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be
not moved away from the hope of the
gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is
under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Col. 1:27 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:
1. Thess. 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and
labour of love, and patience of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
1. Thess. 2:19 For what is our hope,
or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord
Jesus Christ at his coming?
1. Thess. 4:13 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.
1. Thess. 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on
the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
2. Thess. 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good
hope through grace,
1. Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of
God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
Tit. 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ;
Tit. 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made
heirs according to the hope of
eternal life.
Hebr. 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house
are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Hebr. 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same
diligence to the full assurance of hope
unto the end:
Hebr. 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was
impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled
for refuge to lay hold upon the hope
set before us:
Hebr. 6:19 Which hope
we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth
into that within the veil;
Hebr. 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in
of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
1. Pet. 1:3 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,
1. Pet. 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober,
and hope to the end for the grace
that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1. Pet. 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from
the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1. Pet. 3:15 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:
1 Behold, what manner
of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of
God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we
the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that
hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth
sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he
was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in
him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let
no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is
righteous.
8 He that committeth
sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of
God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.
10 In this the children
of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the
message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was
of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because
his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my
brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have
passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not
his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his
brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding
in him.
16 Hereby perceive we
the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this
world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of
compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know
that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart
condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our
heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we
ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things
that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his
commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and
love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth
his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
