Quotes About Hope

We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

But in keeping with Godís promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

This is how Godís love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.