Romans 8:25

But if we hope for that which we see not we wait for it with patience.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

In Context

24For we are saved by this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for, what any one sees, why does he also hope for it?

26In like manner, also, the Spirit helps our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us, with groanings unutterable.

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Cross References

Luke 21:19By your patient endurance, preserve your lives.

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 →

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