"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?" — Romans 8:24

Romans 8:24 · 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?”

— Romans 8:24

And 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.

Verse 25

But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.

Romans 8 — Context

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}

And 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?

But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:7

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}

2 Corinthians 4:18

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen {are} temporal; but the things which are not seen {are} eternal.

1 Peter 1:21

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But 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.

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Romans 5:2

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.