Romans 8:25

But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

In Context

24For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?

26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we knowe not what to pray as wee ought: but the Spirit it selfe maketh request for vs with sighs, which cannot be expressed.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:18O Lord, I haue waited for thy saluation.

Psalms 37:7Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.

Psalms 62:5Yet my soule keepe thou silence vnto God: for mine hope is in him.

Isaiah 25:9And in that day shall men say, Loe, this is our God: we haue waited for him, and he wil saue vs. This is the Lord, we haue waited for him: we will reioyce and be ioyfull in his saluation.

Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.

Luke 21:19By your patience possesse your soules.

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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