Romans 8:24

For by this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he already sees?

English Majority Text (NT)

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 that, but also we ourselves having the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with endurance.

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Cross References

Romans 5:2through whom we have also gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 15:4For as many things as were previously written, were written for our own instruction, that through the patience and encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.

1 Corinthians 13:13And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but 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 →

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