Romans 8:24
For we were saved only in hope. But hope which is seen is not hope; how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,—Upon them that trust in his goodness;
Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help; Whose hope is in the LORD, his God;
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah; Who in Jehovah placeth his hope!
Romans 5:2through whom also we have had admission into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory which God will confer.
Romans 15:4For whatever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that we through the patience and the consolation of the Scriptures might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13And now there 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 →