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-# hope
+# endurance produces character
 
-This is the certainty that God will fulfill all his promises for those who trust in Christ.
+"enduring helps us develop character
+
+# character produces hope
+
+"having characer helps us to hope." Here the word "hope" is a person's confident expectation that what he desires really will happen. Here it refers to the confident expectation that God will fulfill all his promises. The abstract noun "hope" can be translated here with the verbs "wait confidently" or "trust". Alternate translation: "characterhelps us to wait confidently" or "character helps us to trust God"