Romans 8:24 “For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at al…”

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

American Standard Version

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

Geneva Bible 1599

For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?

Darby Translation

For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?

Young's Literal Translation

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for [it]?

Bible in Basic English

For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

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Cross references

“saved”

1 Peter 1:21 Romans 12:12 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Romans 5:2 Romans 15:13 1 Peter 1:3

1 Peter 1:21 · BSB

Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

Romans 12:12 · BSB

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 · BSB

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

Romans 5:2 · BSB

through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Romans 15:13 · BSB

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.

1 Peter 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

“but hope”

2 Corinthians 5:7 Hebrews 11:1 2 Corinthians 4:18 1 Peter 1:10 1 Peter 1:11

2 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Hebrews 11:1 · BSB

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

2 Corinthians 4:18 · BSB

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

1 Peter 1:10 · BSB

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

1 Peter 1:11 · BSB

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

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