romans-8:23-24-niv,nkjv

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-25

The redemption of the creation "If so be that we suffer with him." Then we do suffer? Yes, even as he did. For ours is a redemptive history, and redemption is not without pain. But the future—oh, how the glory eclipses all the momentary trial! So was it with himself. "For the joy that was set before him," he "endured the cross, despising the shame" ( Hebrews 12:2 ). And so shall it be with us. We may well join the apostle in his triumphant outburst of hope, "For I reckon," etc. Ours is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-30

Salvation in spite of suffering. "Paradise regained" in this life is not a sorrowless and painless condition. The sons of God are chastened. They know what suffering is. And there is here the great religious evidence. When the world sees men and women composed and even cheerful amid untold tribulation, then it sees a reality in religion. Job, for instance, was an evidence for the reality of religion that, even Satan himself could not gainsay or deny. How is it that the Christian spirit can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:22-23

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only so, lout 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 . The present unwilling subjection of the whole visible creation to evil is here still more forcibly expressed, and spoken of as being what is known—a subject of experience to all who observe and think; and it is added that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:23

And we too, while in this mortal body, must needs share in this universal groaning; but, having already the firstfruits of the Spirit—the earnest already of a diviner life—we especially yearn all the more for deliverance, and expect it hopefully. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

For by (or, in ) hope we were saved ; not are saved, as in the Authorized Version. The aorist ἐσώθημεν , like ἐλάβετε in Romans 8:15 , points to the time of conversion. The dative ἐλπίδι , which has no preposition before it, seems here, to have a modal rather than medial sense; for faith, not hope, is that whereby we are ever said to be saved. The meaning is that when the state of salvation was entered upon, hope was an essential element in its appropriation. A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

When we entered on our state of salvation as Christians, it was in hope; our essential condition became then one of hope, which is incompatible with present attainment of our hope; we must, therefore, needs endure and waif, bearing these present trials. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

"Saved by hope." Hope is an emotion compounded of expectation and desire. We may expect what we dread, we may desire what we are sure is beyond our reach; in either case hope is impossible. Faith is in the unseen present; hope is of the unseen future. As a feeling, and consequently as a motive power, hope is taken up, heightened, and hallowed by religion. In the New Testament, great stress is laid upon, and great virtue is attributed to, hope; it ranks with faith and love. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

Hopeful patience. The Christian, like the rest of the creation, waifs for full redemption, but consciously and aspiringly. He is an heir who has not yet entered into the possession of his inheritance. He is saved from the guilt of sin, and is being released from its power. His sun is veiled under morning clouds, and he shall soon rejoice in cloudless splendour. A state of hope is the condition in which and the instrument by which he works out his complete salvation. I. HOPE IS ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:23

And not only they - Not only the creation in general. “But ourselves also.” Christians.Which have the first-fruits of the Spirit - The word used ἀπαρχὴ aparchē denotes properly the first-fruits of the harvest, the portion that was first collected and consecrated to God as an offering of gratitude, Deuteronomy 26:2; Exodus 23:19; Numbers 18:13. Hence, the word means what is first in order of time. Here it means, as I suppose, that the Christians of whom Paul was speaking had partaken of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope - It cannot be said that hope is the instrument or condition of salvation. Most commentators have understood this as meaning that we have as yet attained salvation only in hope; that we have arrived only to a condition in which we hope for future glory; and that we are in an attitude of waiting for the future state of adoption. But perhaps the word “saved” may mean here simply, we are kept, preserved, sustained in our trials, by hope. Our trials are so great that... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:18-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 8:24-25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:24

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