Romans 8:24
For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of LORD is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his loving kindness,
Psalms 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in LORD his God,
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man who trusts in LORD, and whose trust LORD is.
Romans 5:2through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:18-26
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath… Read the whole commentary →