For it was by hope. In the Bible, "hope" is something you expect to happen. We are "put right with God" now, and we are children of God now! However, our whole being has not been set free yet, and we look into the future expecting this to happen! Romans 8:24-25 explain the "we wait" of Romans 8:23.
ROMANS 8:24 ti,j {B} A majority of the Committee, impressed by the weight of the combination of î46 B* 1739mg 1908mg copbo Origen, preferred the reading ti,j and regarded the other readings as expans...
Verse 24. _FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE_] We are supported and are comfortable in the expectation we have of receiving from the hand of our God all the good we need in the troubles and adversities of this...
FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE - It cannot be said that hope is the instrument or condition of salvation. Most commentators have understood this as meaning that we have as yet attained salvation only in hop...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
THE BIRTH-PANGS OF IMMORTALITY. Romans 8:18. These present sufferings are light beyond comparison, in view of the glory awaiting us at the coming revelation. The destined glory is hidden under a flesh...
For I am convinced that the sufferings of this present age cannot be compared with the glory which is destined to be disclosed to us. The created world awaits with eager expectation the day when those...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
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....
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
_For we are saved_ Lit., and better, WE WERE SAVED; at the time of our deliverance from darkness into light. _by hope_ "_Hope_" has the article in the Gr. If our English Version is retained, the meani...
The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life, under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and to GOD. (12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
ΓᾺΡ. These clauses explain the στενάζομεν … ἀπεκδεχόμενοι. ΤΗ͂Ι ΓᾺΡ ἘΛΠΊΔΙ. “Hope gives a definite shape to the absolute confidence of faith. Faith reposes completely on the love of GOD. Hope vividly...
In the preceding verses the thoughts worked out in 2 Cor. _l.c_[161] have been summarised. In these verses the Apostle includes a wider range of thought, characteristic of Eph. and Col. Man’s present...
ΈΛΠΊΔΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда, "в надежде". _Dat._ не instr., a _dat._ modi, соотносящийся с тем, что надежда является отличительной чертой дарованного в прошлом спасения (Murray; ЕН, 5...
DISCOURSE: 1875 THE OFFICE OF HOPE Romans 8:24. _We are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do w...
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.Matthew 5:8....
_TEXT_ Romans 8:18-25. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of...
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? FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE, [ tee (G3588) gar (G1063) elpidi (G1680) esootheemen...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
WE ARE SAVED] RV 'by hope were we saved'; better, 'in hope,' etc.: see on Romans 1:16. HOPE THAT IS SEEN] here 'hope' means that which is hoped for. FOR WHAT, etc.] RV 'for who hopeth for that which...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
(18-25) The mention of “suffering” and of “glory” recalls the Apostle to a sense of his own position — what he had to go through, and what was the hope that he had to animate and encourage him. A vivi...
Why do I say that we “wait for the adoption?” Because hope in the future is of the very essence of the Christian’s life. It was by hope that he was saved. Hope, at the time when he first believed, mad...
CHAPTER 18 HOLINESS BY THE SPIRIT, AND THE GLORIES THAT SHALL FOLLOW Romans 8:12 Now the Apostle goes on to develop these noble premisses into conclusions. How true to himself, and to his Inspirer,...
f. This sentence explains why Paul can speak of Christians as _waiting_ for adoption, while they are nevertheless in the enjoyment of sonship. It is because salvation is essentially related to the fut...
HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION Romans 8:18 Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought upon her. Th...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
(23) For we are saved by hope: but (f) hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (23) Sixthly, hope is necessarily joined with faith: seeing then that we believe...
For we are saved by hope, as it is the will of God we should be, waiting and hoping with patience for the things which we have not seen, which neither the eye hath seen, nor the ear hath heard, &c. (1...
NINETEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:18-30). COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISERIES OF OUR PRESENT CONDITION. In speaking of the full victory gained by the Spirit of Christ over the...
“ _For we have been saved in hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why would he yet hope for? Now if we hope for that we see not, then do we with perseverance wait for it._ ”...
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
24._For by hope_, _etc. _Paul strengthens his exhortation by another argument; for our salvation cannot be separated from some kind of death, and this he proves by the nature of hope. Since hope exten...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE,.... We who have received the firstfruits, who were in a lost perishing condition, and by nature no better than others, than the Gentiles, are saved by sin and wrath to come b...
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? Ver. 24. _For we are saved by hope_] Hope is the daughter of faith, but such as is a staff...
_For we are saved by hope_ That is, our salvation is now only in hope; we do not yet possess the full salvation; _but hope that is seen is not hope_ Hope here, by a usual metonymy, is put for the obje...
SAVED BY HOPE; hope of future, everlasting glory; sustaining us in trials, animating us in duty, and leading us to persevere in keeping the commands of God. HOPE THAT IS SEEN, IS NOT HOPE; what we ha...
The sighing hope of the Christians and the Spirit's intercession:...
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?...
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
Hope = Desire AND Expectation Desire only = Wish Expectation only = Dread Ends - in sight, Don't hope for what you have. 25 Two requirements: 1. Hope for what is not seen yet. 2. Wait patiently...
FOR IN HOPE WERE WE SAVED: BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE: FOR WHO HOPETH FOR THAT WHICH HE SEETH? "IN HOPE WERE WE SAVED" -'We were saved with this hope ahead' (Mof). 'In hope of such glorious del...
18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence o...
Though we certianly believe there is such a redemption or salvation belonging to us, according to the promise of God, yet for the present we have no possession of it; all the salvation we have at pres...
For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?...
Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience For we are not following after present glory, but future, according to what Paul the apostle also warns us, and says, "We are saved by hope; but hope...
Romans 8:24 For G1063 saved G4982 (G5681) hope G1680 but G1161 hope G1680 seen G991 (G5746) is...
THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING IN EXPECTATION OF ITS REDEMPTION. AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO GROAN WITH IT, AS DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF ON OUR BEHALF (8:18-27). In spite of the division necessarily...
‘For in hope were we saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?' For we were saved ‘in hope' (through faith - Ephesians 2:8). When we committed ourselves into the hands...
2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY. The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
Romans 8:24. FOR WE WERE SAVED. The tense points to the time of conversion. IN HOPE, or, ‘for hope'; either rendering is preferable to ‘by hope.' The fact of salvation placed us in a condition of whi...
FOR BY HOPE WERE WE SAVED (τη γαρ ελπιδ εσωθημεν). First aorist passive indicative of σωζω. The case of ελπιδ is not certain, the form being the same for locative, instrumental and dative. Curiousl...
Romans 8:23 Waiting in Hope. I. The unintelligent creatures wait, but not in hope. They travail as in pain with the burden of a future birth, of which they themselves are ignorant. We know what we w...
Romans 8:24 Eternal Life. I. "We are saved by hope," says St. Paul: "but hope that is seen is not hope." This is the great contrast which runs through the New Testament. Indeed, scientific proof is j...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,_ Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a truth which is founded upon solid argument....
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
Romans 8:15. _For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;_ You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was gr...
Romans 8:18. _For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us._ Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
Romans 8:19. _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God._ The whole creation is in a waiting posture, waiting for the glory yet to be revealed. Rom...
Romans 8:23. _And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body._...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
_For we are saved by hope._ SAVED IN HOPE According to our version “we are saved by hope,” but that is scarcely in accordance with other parts of Holy Scripture. Everywhere we are told that we are sa...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:24.—The salvation which we now enjoy is by the exercise of hope as well as faith. Romans 8:25.—The duty of waiting with patient endurance is argued from salvation being yet...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:10; 1 Peter 1:11; 1 Pet
By hope [τ η ε λ π ι δ ι]. Better in hope. We are saved by faith. See on 1 Peter 1:3. Hope - not hope. Here the word is used of the object of hope. See Colossians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:1;...
For we are saved by hope — Our salvation is now only in hope. We do not yet possess this full salvation....
WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE; that is, we are at present supported by hope, our present expectation of our future glorious condition beareth up our spirit under its sufferings, and carrieth us joyfully throug...