Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

In Context

23And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.

25But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:18Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.

Psalms 146:5They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

Jeremiah 17:7Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.

Romans 5:2By whom also we have access through faith into this grace, wherein we stand, and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.

Romans 15:4For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

1 Corinthians 13:13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but 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 →

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