The hope of glory
is Christ in you.
To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory
of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
The hope of glory is Christ in the believer. Colossians 1:27 calls this the riches of the glory of the mystery among the Gentiles. Because Christ dwells in us, we have a sure hope of future glory. That glory includes being with Him, being like Him, and receiving glorified bodies. The hope is not uncertain; it is grounded in Christ Himself. It is the believer’s confident expectation of sharing in the glory of God.
- Christ in you is the hope of glory.
- The mystery is revealed among the Gentiles.
- The hope looks forward to the glory that shall be revealed.
- We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
- The hope of glory sustains the believer in the present.
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
When he shall appear,
we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is.
- Colossians 1:27 is the key text.
- The hope is Christ Himself indwelling the believer.
- Romans 5:2 speaks of rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
- 1 John 3:2 ties the hope to being like Christ at His appearing.
- Titus 2:13 calls it the blessed hope and the glorious appearing.
- The hope produces endurance and purity.
- The Person – Christ in you.
- The Mystery – Revealed among the Gentiles.
- The Certainty – A sure hope grounded in Christ.
- The Future – Glory to be revealed; bodies fashioned like His.
- The Present – The indwelling Christ as the guarantee.
- The Effect – Hope that purifies and sustains.
- Colossians 1:27 – “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
- Romans 5:2 – “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
- 1 John 3:2-3 – “When he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself.”
- Titus 2:13 – “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”
- Romans 8:18 – “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
- Philippians 3:20-21 – “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 – “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory.”
- Colossians 3:4 – “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:43 – “It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory.”
- Hebrews 6:19 – “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast.”
- Romans 8:23-25 – “Waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body… But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”
- 1 Peter 1:3-4 – “Begotten us again unto a lively hope… to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.”
Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
When he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
The hope of glory is Christ in the believer. It is the sure expectation of sharing in His glory and being made like Him.
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