⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope.

⁵ And hope^(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(C) who has been given to us.

²⁴ For in this hope we were saved.^(A) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(B) Who hopes for what they already have?

²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(A)