Romans 8:24
For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Beholde, the eye of the Lord is vpon them that feare him, and vpon them, that trust in his mercie,
Psalms 146:5Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Romans 5:2By who also through faith, we haue had this accesse into this grace, wherein we stand, and reioyce vnder ye hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
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 →