"But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}." — Romans 8:25

Romans 8:25 · KJV

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

— Romans 8:25

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?

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.

Romans 8 — Context

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.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what {is} the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to {the will of} God. {because: or, that}

Cross References

Romans 12:12

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

Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Psalms 27:14

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Lamentations 3:25-26

The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.

James 5:7-11

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. {Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience}

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Hebrews 12:1-3

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Psalms 130:5-7

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.