Romans 8:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 8:24

22 For we know that the whole creation ^agroans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

23 Not only that, but we also who have ^athe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^beven we ourselves groan ^cwithin ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the ^dredemption of our body.

24 For we were saved in this hope, but ^ahope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For ^awe do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but ^bthe Spirit Himself makes intercession¹ for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 Now ^aHe who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints ^baccording to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those ^awho are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom ^aHe foreknew, ^bHe also predestined ^cto be conformed to the image of His Son, ^dthat He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also ^acalled; whom He called, these He also ^bjustified; and whom He justified, these He also ^cglorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? ^aIf God is for us, who can be against us?

32 ^aHe who did not spare His own Son, but ^bdelivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? ^aIt is God who justifies.

34 ^aWho is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, ^bwho is even at the right hand of God, ^cwho also makes intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written:
^a“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 ^aYet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor ^aprincipalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Verse Comparison: Romans 8:24

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

Amplified® Bible
For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?

Contemporary English Version
And this hope is what saves us. But if we already have what we hope for, there is no need to keep on hoping.

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

Good News Bible
For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see?

International Standard Version
For we were saved with this hope in mind. Now hope that is seen is not really hope, for who hopes for what can be seen?

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he {already} sees?

New International Version
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

New King James Version
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For in hope we have received salvation, but hope that we see does not have hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

Young's Literal Translation
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'?

New English Translation
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

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