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 all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.) 26And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings 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 5:2Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
• Romans 12:12Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
• Romans 15:4Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
• Psalms 33:18But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.
• Psalms 146:5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.
• Jeremiah 17:7“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
• Zechariah 9:12Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
• 1 Corinthians 13:13Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
• Galatians 5:5But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
• Colossians 1:5which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope,
• Hebrews 6:18So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
• 1 Peter 1:3All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,
• 1 John 3:3And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he 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