9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Hope

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 2Pet 1:6 — And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
• 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• Col 1:11 — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Gen 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
• Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
• Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
• Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Heb 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
• Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Isa 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait
• Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
• Jas 1:3 — Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
• Jas 1:3 — Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
• Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
• Jas 5:8 — Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
• Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Luke 8:15 — But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Luke 18:41 — Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
• Luke 21:19 — In your patience possess ye your souls.
• Luke 21:19 — In your patience possess ye your souls.
• Ps 25:3 — Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
• Ps 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Ps 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Ps 62:1 — Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
• Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
• Ps 91:10 — There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
• Ps 130:5 — I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
• Rev 1:9 — I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Je
• Rev 1:9 — I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Je
• Rev 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
• Rev 14:12 — Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
• Rom 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: