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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 8:24

are = were. See Romans 5:9 . hope . The creation also is waiting and hoping. a man = any one, as Romans 8:9 . yet hope for = hope for also. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 8:25

with = through. App-104 .Romans 8:1 . patience . See Romans 2:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 8:24

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?Attention is directed to the English Revised Version (1885) margin where appears the alternate translation, "By hope were we saved." Translators and commentators are sensitive about salvation's being ascribed to anything else except faith; but the word of God honors no such inhibitions, affirming positively that people are saved "by grace" (Ephesians 2:8), "by the gospel" (1 Corinthians 15:1,2),... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 8:25

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.This verse explains how we are saved by hope, because, without hope, there could not be the patience which is required to prevent the child of God from falling into discouragement. The Christian's salvation lies altogether within an area of what the world speaks of as "intangibles." It is a faithful trusting in "things not seen as yet" (see my Commentary on Hebrews, p. 250). Hope is far more than a mere wish that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 8:24

Romans 8:24. Hope that is seen, &c.— That is enjoyed. To see is frequently in Scripture phrase to enjoy. Job 7:7; Job 9:25.Psalms 50:23; Psalms 50:23.Matthew 5:8; Matthew 5:8. John 3:36. Hebrews 12:14. 1 John 3:2. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 8:25

Romans 8:25. But if we hope for that we see not, &c.— What the Apostle says here of hope, is to shew them, that the groaning of the children of God, before spoken of, was not the groaning of impatience, but such as that wherewith the Spirit of God maketh intercession for us. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:24

24. For we are saved by hope—rather, "For in hope we are saved"; that is, it is more a salvation in hope than as yet in actual possession. but hope that is seen is not hope—for the very meaning of hope is, the expectation that something now future will become present. for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?—the latter ending when the other comes. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 8:25

25. But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it—that is, then, patient waiting for it is our fitting attitude. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 8:18-25

3. Our present sufferings and future glory 8:18-25Paul proceeded to expound on the thought that he introduced at the end of Romans 8:17. This passage gives a very wide perspective of God’s great plan of redemption, which is the heart of Paul’s theology. [Note: See Don N. Howell Jr., "The Center of Pauline Theology," Bibliotheca Sacra 151:601 (January-March 1994):50-70.] read more