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@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 
 Paul speaks to the Gentile believers as if they had been foreigners, kept out of the land of God's covenant and promise. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
+# having no hope
+
+They had no reason to confidently expect anything good to happen.
+