And every one that has this hope in him, purifies himself even as he is pure. So testify three apostles - John, Paul and Peter. Immortality, eternal life, the riches of Christ, the glory, honor, wealth, and bliss of God's only begotten Son are to be equally participated with all his saints.
Hope differs from faith, in that it looks only forward to future objects.
It desires and expects good and nothing else. There is not one dark cloud, not one dark speck, in all the heavens of Christian hope. Every thing seen in its wide dominions, in the unbounded prospect yet before us, is bright, cheering, animating, transporting. It is all desirable and desired. It is all expected.