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 groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 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? 25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Romans 8:24 word by word

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

• ·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 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• Romans 15:4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
• Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of Yhwh is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
• Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yhwh his God:
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Yhwh, and whose hope Yhwh is.
• Zechariah 9:12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
• 1 Corinthians 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
• Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
• Colossians 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even 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