Romans 8:24-25:
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Richard Rohr: Paul seems to say (and I partially paraphrase), hope would not be the virtue that it is if it led us to quick closure and we did not have to “wait for it with patience” (Romans 8: 24– 25).
Learning From Others, Seeking The Way 