Theophylact of Ohrid, on Rom 8:24

“For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?”

“Since he was speaking of future things, which many did not believe, he urges: do not doubt, O believer, concerning what I say; on the basis of what you have already received, be confident also concerning the future. Just as before, when God granted you great blessings, you brought nothing except faith alone, so now also, in hope of future blessings, make use of faith. For hope is truly hope precisely when its object is something unseen; for if one sees, then what is there to hope for?”

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