Where is it in the Bible?
Romans 15:13
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In other translations
- ESV
- 13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
- NLT
- 13I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
- CSB
- 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- KJV
- 13Now 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 surrounding passage
Romans 15:11–15, King James Version
11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13Now 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.
14And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
Context
A prayer that closes the main teaching section of Romans. In chapter 15 Paul urges believers, Jew and Gentile, to accept one another as Christ accepted them, and cites several Old Testament passages about the Gentiles praising God (15:7–12). The last of those speaks of the Gentiles hoping in him (the KJV says "trust"), and Paul's prayer picks up that word "hope."
About the book of Romans
Paul’s fullest statement of the gospel: righteousness by faith.
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