Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Why would one hope for what he can already see?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Romans 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4For what was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; 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 →