Romans 8:24
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
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In Context
25But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Behold, the LORD’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,
Psalms 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
Jeremiah 17:7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.
Romans 5:2through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. 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 →