Romans 8:24

In 9 translations

BSB

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?

KJV

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?

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what anyone beholds, why does he also hope for [it]?

YLT

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]?

DBY

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

DRC

For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?

GNV

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?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν· ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς, ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τίς ἐλπίζει;

RP2018

Τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν· ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς· ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τις, τί καὶ ἐλπίζει;

TR-Boyd

Τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν· ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς· ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τις, τί καὶ ἐλπίζει;

SCR1894

τη γαρ ελπιδι εσωθημεν ελπις δε βλεπομενη ουκ εστιν ελπις ο γαρ βλεπει τις τι και ελπιζει

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
• 2 Corinthians 5:7For we walk by faith, not by sight.
• 2 Corinthians 4:18So 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 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
• Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8But 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 15:13Now 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.
• Romans 5:2through 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.
• 1 Peter 1:3Blessed 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,
• Hebrews 6:18–19Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and…
• Romans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
• Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
• Galatians 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
• Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
• Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
• Psalms 33:22May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.

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