Romans 8:25 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyprian

Treatise IX. On the Advantage of Patience 13 (258)

Patient waiting is necessary that we may fulfill what we have begun to be and, through God's help, that we may obtain what we hope for and believe.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

After this he says: "For by hope we have been made safe. But hope that is seen is not hope." Just as he had said above concerning the creation, that "it was subjected to vanity on account of him who subjected it in hope," so here too concerning himself and whomever he knows to be counted together with himself, he says: "For by hope we have been made safe"—just as he also joined his own groanings to the groanings of the creation.

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But if we hope for that we see not,.... Whether it be the hour of death, or the second coming of Christ, or the resurrection of the dead, and eternal glory; all which are unseen by us, and to be hoped for: then do we with patience wait for it; as that which is certain and real, as something valuable, which will be satisfying, and be received with the utmost joy.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is our having received the first-fruits of the Spirit, which both quickens our desires and encourages our hopes, and both ways raises our expectations. The first-fruits did both sanctify and ensure the lump. Grace is the first-fruits of glory, it is glory begun.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But if we hope ... - The effect here stated is one which exists everywhere. Where there is a strong desire for an object, and a corresponding expectation of obtaining it - which constitutes true hope - then we can wait for it with patience. Where there is a strong desire without a corresponding expectation of obtaining it, there is impatience.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1616: “Saved In Hope” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1881)

ACCORDING to our version "we are saved by hope," but that is scarcely in accordance with other parts of Holy Scripture. Everywhere in the Word of God we are told that we are saved by faith. See the first verse of the fifth chapter— "Therefore being justified by faith." Faith is the saving Grace—not hope—unless only as hope is, under some aspects, tantamount to faith. Faith is the saving Grace and the original should be rendered thus. One wonders that it is not so in the Revised Version—"We were saved in hope."

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὃ	ho	what	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
βλέπομεν	blepomen	we see	G991 →
ἐλπίζομεν,	elpizomen	we hope for,	G1679 →
δι᾽	di᾽	in	G1223 →
ὑπομονῆς	hupomonēs	patience	G5281 →
ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.	apekdechometha	we await.	G553 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
leads to
- Isaiah 40:31
  But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Psalms 31:24
  Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
- Isaiah 30:18
  Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Psalms 37:34
  Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 130:5
  I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Through
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
leads to
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 10:36
  You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Through
Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:1
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans