[CynicalBear]

>>“faith is the assurance of things hoped for”<<

There, put the emphasis where it belongs. We are already assured of things hoped for.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “ We are already assured of things hoped for.” <<

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You changing the meaning of Paul’s words for your purposes does not change the fact that you do not yet have the end of your faith (if you really have any faith, which is beginning to look dubious) until you have “endured” in that faith to the end.
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