Romans 8:24
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
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In Context
25But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
Psalms 146:5Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Jeremiah 17:7A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Romans 5:2Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest 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 →