Romans 8:25

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect [it].

Young's Literal Translation

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 in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for [it]?

26And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth [us], we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

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Cross References

Genesis 49:18For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

Psalms 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Psalms 62:5Only — for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope.

Isaiah 25:9And [one] hath said in that day, 'Lo, this [is] our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This [is] Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

Lamentations 3:25Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.

Luke 21:19in your patience possess ye your souls.

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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