This article examines Paul's concept of hope in Romans 5–8 in the context of its Old Testament background and its later reception in Augustine. The first part analyzes the significance of the Hebrew Bible for the formation of Paul's understanding of hope and demonstrates that, within the biblical tradition, hope is closely connected with trust in God's faithfulness and saving action. The central part of the study argues that Paul does not understand hope merely as the expectation of future goods, but as a fundamental dimen-sion of Christian existence that unites justification by faith, the experience of God's love, and the expectation of future glory. Particular attention is given to Paul's claim that “hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5), because it is grounded in the love of God poured into the hearts of believers through the Holy Spirit. The analysis shows that, in Paul's theology, hope links the past event of Christ's redemptive work, the present life in the Spirit, and the future fulfillment of salvation. The second part of the article investigates Augustine's reception of Pauline theology of hope. Although Augustine systematically situates hope among the theological vir-tues, he preserves its fundamental eschatological structure, expressed through the distinction between in re and in spe. The study concludes that Augustine does not abandon Paul's understanding of hope but rather develops it and mediates it to the subsequent Christian tradition.
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