Romans 8:25

New Living Translation

But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But we are hoping for something we don't have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.

Revised Standard Version
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But and yf we hope for that we se not then do we with pacience abyde for it.

Hebrew Names Version
But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.

International Standard Version
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

New American Standard Bible
But if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

New Century Version
But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.

Update Bible Version
But if we hope for that which we don't see, [then] we wait for it with patience.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if we hope for what we see not, [then] with patience we wait for [it].

English Standard Version
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

World English Bible
But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But if we hope for what we see not, we patiently wait for it.

Weymouth's New Testament
But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if we hopen that thing that we seen not, we abiden bi pacience.

English Revised Version
But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Berean Standard Bible
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Contemporary English Version
However, we hope for something we have not yet seen, and we patiently wait for it.

Amplified Bible
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.

American Standard Version
But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Bible in Basic English
But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

Complete Jewish Bible
But if we continue hoping for something we don't see, then we still wait eagerly for it, with perseverance.

Darby Translation
But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.

Etheridge Translation
But if we hope for that which is not seen, in patience we wait.

Murdock Translation
But if we hope for that which is not seen, we are in patient waiting.

King James Version (1611)
But if wee hope for that wee see not, then doe wee with patience waite for it.

New Life Bible
But if we hope for something we do not yet see, we must learn how to wait for it.

New Revised Standard
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.

George Lamsa Translation
But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we wait for it in patience.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, however, what we do not behold we hope for, with endurance, are we ardently awaiting it ; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But and yf we hope for that we see not, the do we with pacience abide for it.

Good News Translation
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Christian Standard Bible®
Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

King James Version
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Lexham English Bible
But if we hope for what we do not see, we await it eagerly with patient endurance.

Literal Translation
But if we hope for what we do not see, through patience we wait eagerly.

Young's Literal Translation
and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect [it].

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf we hope for that which we se not, the do we thorow pacience abyde for it.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but if we hope for what is yet to come, our patience does necessarily intervene.

New English Translation
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

New King James Version
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

Simplified Cowboy Version
If we had it already, we wouldn't be waiting for it so calmly and patiently.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

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

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. ¹⁸ Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. ¹⁹ For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. ²⁰ Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, ²¹ the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay. ²² For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. ²⁴ We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to hope for it. ²⁵ But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with patience: Romans 8:23, Romans 2:7, Romans 12:12, Genesis 49:18, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 37:7-9, Psalms 62:1, Psalms 62:5, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 130:5-7, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 26:8, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Luke 8:15, Luke 21:19, Colossians 1:11, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:15, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 12:1-3, James 1:3, James 1:4, James 5:7-11, Revelation 1:9, Revelation 13:10, Revelation 14:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:10 - stayed Psalms 25:3 - wait Psalms 91:10 - There Isaiah 30:18 - blessed Isaiah 40:31 - they that Luke 18:41 - What John 3:36 - see John 5:3 - waiting Romans 15:4 - that 1 Corinthians 13:13 - hope 2 Corinthians 4:18 - we 2 Corinthians 5:7 - General Galatians 5:5 - wait Ephesians 1:18 - is 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - the hope 2 Thessalonians 1:4 - your patience 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - good Titus 2:13 - blessed Hebrews 6:11 - of hope Hebrews 11:1 - the evidence James 5:8 - ye also 2 Peter 1:6 - patience Revelation 2:3 - hast patience

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if we hope for that we see not,.... Whether it be the hour of death, or the second coming of Christ, or the resurrection of the dead, and eternal glory; all which are unseen by us, and to be hoped for:

then do we with patience wait for it; as that which is certain and real, as something valuable, which will be satisfying, and be received with the utmost joy. This supposes, that the persons who wait for it believe it, and their interest in it, at least hope they have one; that they have a valuable esteem and affection for it; that they are not in a state of perfection and happiness; and that they sit loose by the things of this world, and are ready to part with the one, and grasp the other: the manner of their waiting is "with patience"; a grace, of which God is the efficient, Christ is the exemplar, and the word the means; and which is of great use under afflictions from the hand of God, under the reproaches and persecutions of men, under desertions and want of answers in prayer, under the temptations of Satan, and in the expectation of the heavenly glory.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if we hope ... - The effect here stated is one which exists everywhere. Where there is a strong desire for an object, and a corresponding expectation of obtaining it - which constitutes true hope - then we can wait for it with patience. Where there is a strong desire without a corresponding expectation of obtaining it, there is impatience. As the Christian has a strong desire of future glory, and as he has an expectation of obtaining it just in proportion to that desire, it follows that he may bear trials and persecutions patiently in the hope of his future deliverance. Compared with our future glory, our present sufferings are light, and but for a moment; 2 Corinthians 4:17. In the hope of that blessed eternity which is before him, the Christian can endure the severest trial, and bear the intensest pain without a complaint.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. But if we hope for that we see not — If we have a well-grounded expectation of our resurrection and final glorification, knowing that such things are necessarily future, and must for a certain time be delayed; then do we patiently wait for them, continue patiently to endure the common ills of life, and whatever tribulations we may be exposed to in consequence of our Christian profession; for we know, FAITHFUL is he who has promised. Hope is a sort of universal blessing, and one of the greatest which God has granted to man. To mankind, in general, life would be intolerable without it; and it is as necessary as faith is even to the followers of God.

The ancients have a very instructive and elegant fable concerning it. "Prometheus having made a human body, went up to heaven, and stole some celestial fire to animate it: Jupiter, incensed at the theft, sent down Pandora, with a box full of diseases and plagues of every kind, as an ensnaring present to Prometheus; but he refused to accept it. Epimetheus took and opened it, and instantly all those diseases, c., by which mankind have been made miserable, flew out, and spread themselves over the whole earth and only HOPE remained at the bottom of the box." This fable explains itself, as to its main design. Men find life, with its various and unavoidable ills, only supportable by the hope they have of not only getting safely through them, but of enjoying a state of blessedness in the end. Hope is still at the bottom; and therefore man is encouraged to bear up in all the pressures of life. Take away hope, and then black despair and indescribable wretchedness would be the instant result. Hope stands justly among the highest mercies of God.