Romans 8:24-25

“For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.”

The word ‘hope’ in its Biblical usage is different from how we tend to use it. We say, ‘I hope the weather is fine tomorrow’, meaning ‘I wish the weather would be fine tomorrow’, accepting the possibility that it may not happen. However in the Biblical usage, to hope in something is to be sure that it will happen, although it is yet future. We have the hope of eternal life in our glorified bodies – we have not yet received them, but we know God has promised them to us and His promises never fail.
Since hope is an assurance of things yet future, if we already have something, it is in the present and we cannot hope for it any more. We either hope for something, or we have it.
The hope being spoken of here is concerning the restoration of creation and the glorification of our bodies. We were saved, Paul tells us, “in this hope”. If we have been truly born again, being glorified is assured. It will happen. We do not have it yet, however – this is why we hope for it. Right now our spirit has been renewed, but not our bodies. We have to wait patiently for that day, and know for certain that it is coming.