Romans 8:24
For, by our hope, have we been saved,—but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25If, however, what we do not behold we hope for, with endurance, are we ardently awaiting [it];—
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:
Psalms 146:5How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God:—
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man Who trusteth in Yahweh, To whom Yahweh is his ground of confidence;
Romans 5:2Through whom also we have had, our introduction, [by our faith] into this favour wherein we stand; and let us boast in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4Whatsoever things, in fact, were written aforetime, [all] for our own instruction were written,—in order that, through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have their hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13But, now 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 →