Romans 8:24

24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?

Romans 8:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 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?
ESV
24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
NLT
24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it.
MSG
24 That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.
CSB
24 Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

Romans 8:24 In-Context

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Thessalonians 5:8; Titus 3:7
  • 2. S 2 Corinthians 4:18
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