Romans 8:24

Romans 8:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

Context of Romans 8:24

22We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time. 23However, not only creation groans. We, who have the Spirit as the first of God’s gifts, also groan inwardly. We groan as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the freeing of our bodies ⌞from sin⌟. We were saved with this hope in mind. If we hope for something we already see, it’s not really hope. Who hopes for what can be seen? 25But if we hope for what we don’t see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. 26At the same time the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we don’t know how to pray for what we need. But the Spirit intercedes along with our groans that cannot be expressed in words.

Romans 8:24 word by word

τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν· ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς· ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τίς, ἐλπίζει;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• we are savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• by hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• butδέde · thenG1161
• that is seenβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• a manτιςtis · oneG5100
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• doth heἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
• yetκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Romans 8:24

• Romans 5:2Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favor. So we brag because of our confidence that we will receive glory from God.
• Romans 12:12Be happy in your confidence, be patient in trouble, and pray continually.
• Romans 15:4Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.
• Psalms 33:18The Lord’s eyes are on those who fear him, on those who wait with hope for his mercy
• Psalms 146:5Blessed are those who receive help from the God of Jacob. Their hope rests on the Lord their God,
• Proverbs 14:32A wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but even in his death a righteous person has a refuge.
• Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the person who trusts the Lord. The Lord will be his confidence.
• Zechariah 9:12Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope. Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌞blessings⌟.
• 1 Corinthians 13:13So these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the best one of these is love.
• Galatians 5:5However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God’s approval.
• Colossians 1:5You have these because of the hope which is kept safe for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope in the Good News which is the message of truth.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8Since we belong to the day, we must be sober. We must put on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16God our Father loved us and by his kindness gave us everlasting encouragement and good hope. Together with our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Hebrews 6:18God did this so that we would be encouraged. God cannot lie when he takes an oath or makes a promise. These two things can never be changed. Those of us who have taken refuge in him hold on to the confidence we have been given.
• 1 Peter 1:3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! God has given us a new birth because of his great mercy. We have been born into a new life that has a confidence which is alive because Jesus Christ has come back to life.
• 1 John 3:3So all people who have this confidence in Christ keep themselves pure, as Christ is pure.

Commentaries on Romans 8:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24For we are saved by hope - We are supported and are comfortable in the expectation we have of receiving from the hand of our God all the good we need in the troubles and adversities of this life, and of having our bodies raised from corruption and death at the general resurrection. Hope that is seen is not hope - As hope signifies the expectation of future good, so it necessarily supposes that the object of it is not seen, i.e. not enjoyed; for to see, in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24For we are saved by hope - It cannot be said that hope is the instrument or condition of salvation. Most commentators have understood this as meaning that we have as yet attained salvation only in hope; that we have arrived only to a condition in which we hope for future glory; and that we are in an attitude of waiting for the future state of adoption. But perhaps the word “saved” may mean here simply, we are kept, preserved, sustained in our trials, by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence of the word and the sentiment of the world, concerning the sufferings of this present time! Indeed the whole creation seems to wait with earnest expectation for the period when the children of God shall be manifested in the glory prepared for them. There…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. For we are saved by hope--rather, "For in hope we are saved"; that is, it is more a salvation in hope than as yet in actual possession. but hope that is seen is not hope--for the very meaning of hope is, the expectation that something now future will become present. for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?--the latter ending when the other comes.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 8:24

• Holy Spirit
• Hope
• Ignorance

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Commentaries on Romans 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings