2018-08-17 20:58:58 +00:00
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# in this hope we were saved
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"it was so that we might confidently wait for this that we were saved" or "we were saved that we might trust God to do this"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2018-08-17 20:58:58 +00:00
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# this hope
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2018-08-17 20:58:58 +00:00
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The phrase "this hope" refers to the hope of our adoption, the redemption of our bodies (8:23).
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2018-08-17 20:56:22 +00:00
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# Now hope that is seen is not hope
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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"If we already have what we hope for, that is not hope" or "If we have what we want, we would not say that we hope for it"
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