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

22For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now. 23Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? 25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. 26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

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 whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
• Romans 12:12Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
• Romans 15:4For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
• Psalms 33:18Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness
• Psalms 146:5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
• Jeremiah 17:7My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.
• Zechariah 9:12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.
• 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
• Galatians 5:5For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.
• Colossians 1:5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
• Hebrews 6:18so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
• 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus 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