ἐλπίς
elpis
el-pece'
From ἔλπω elpō which is a primary word (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: - faith, hope.
Just a wee bit of 'serious' study will clear up your flawed Catholic education, every time...You just wasted a couple of paragraphs of bandwidth...
Providing definitions only reinforces my posting. However, were Scriptures the only source of Truth and the flawed translations within Strong's Concordance (G1680) of any concern to me I might have taken your input seriously.
"SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in the sense that we have been given hope, trustworthy hope, by virtue of which we can face our present: the present, even if it is arduous, can be lived and accepted if it leads towards a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify the effort of the journey. Now the question immediately arises: what sort of hope could ever justify the statement that, on the basis of that hope and simply because it exists, we are redeemed? And what sort of certainty is involved here? - Pope Benedict XVI Spe Salvi
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to convert your otherwise wasted bandwidth into a teaching moment.
Peace be with you