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Hope: where to start, and why this passage
Romans 15:13 is the passage for hope. You get the verses in full, the part of the story they sit inside, and a question to sit with. It takes about a minute, and you can have it now.
Find a passageHope received, not forced
Paul describes hope as something God can grow in us, even when we cannot manufacture it ourselves.
Paul closes a call to patient, welcoming community with a prayer that hope, joy, and peace would overflow.
Read it in full, with the verses on either side, on the Romans 15:13 page.
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