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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.

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?

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People do not hope for something they already have.

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?

For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

For in this hope we were saved [by faith]. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he already sees?

We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it.

For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have?

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?