Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.46: That hope is of future things, and therefore that our faith concerning those things which are promised ought to be patient

45. That hope is of future things, and therefore that our faith concerning those things which are promised ought to be patient.

In the Epistle of Paul to the Romans: “We are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he hope for? But if we hope for what we see not, we hope for it in patience.”