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Romans 8:24 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Romans 8:24 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 8 verse 24 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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?”
Romans 8:24 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope (tē gàr elpídi esṓthēmen)—The dative elpídi could be instrumental ("by hope") or sphere ("in hope"). The aorist esṓthēmen ("we were saved") points to past justification, but salvation includes future glorification. We are saved (past), being saved (present sanctification), and will be saved (future glorification). Hope bridges present reality and future consummation—we possess salvation but await its fullness.But hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (elpìs blepómenē ouk éstin elpís; hò gàr blépei tis, tí elpízei)—Hope by defini...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 8:24
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“not by sight.”
“proof of things not seen.”
“but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal”
“who raised him from the dead”
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
“since we belong to the day”
“that you may abound in hope”
“who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand”
“in which it is impossible for God to lie”