24For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?


In Context

21 that the creature itself also shall be set free from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.

23 And not only that, but even we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, that is the redemption of our body.

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

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

26 And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Romans 8:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For by hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24For we are saved by hope: But hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:24for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?