Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
The Lord does not measure His precepts by our strength or free will's power; He commands what requires His grace, that we may learn to pray. God of hope means both the giver of hope and its object, He in whom we hope and from whom hope springs.
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In prayer, fasten upon God's names and titles that suit your errand, here, the God of hope, both the foundation and the builder of it. True heavenly joy fills the soul with real satisfaction; carnal joy merely puffs it up and leaves the heart still sad.
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And I myself also am persuaded of you,.... This is said by way of prevention to an objection that might he made to the apostle's prayers and exhortations by the Romans. What does the apostle mean by all this? what does he think of us, or take us to be? men that live in malice to one another, devoid of all humanity, and mutual respect?