Romans 8:24
For we have been saved by hope. But a hope which is seen is not hope. For when a man sees something, why would he hope?
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25But since we hope for what we do not see, we wait with patience.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.
Psalms 146:5Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.
Romans 5:2For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.
Romans 15:4For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
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 →