Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?
Updated King James Version
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25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Cross References
Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms 146:5Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:4For whatsoever things were written in old times were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13And now abides faith, hope, love, (o. agape) these three; but the greatest of these is love. (o. agape)
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 →