Romans 8:24

For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

In Context

23And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first- fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

25Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

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Cross References

Romans 5:2Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 15:4For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

1 Corinthians 13:13Faith, Hope, Love endure - 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 →

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