If it is only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (From Paul's 1st Epistle to the Corinthians)
There's an assumption underlying Paul's main point here--an assumption he must have felt was obvious enough that it need not be stated outright. I'm not so sure it's as obvious to people today. The assumption is that Christian hope is for this life. Not only for this life, but no less for this life. It is perhaps the lesser hope of the two, but it is hope.
Hope for what? That right now, on this earth, in these bodies, Christ might be present. That God's will be done. That the Kingdom of Heaven invade our world
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