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But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

Now if we hope for what we do not see,  we eagerly wait for it with patience.

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

But if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.