If salvation were something that could be seen, something that could be grasped by sight, then there would be no room for hope. As it is we do not see it; we do hope for it; and, therefore, we patiently endure the sufferings that lie upon the road to it.
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 c...
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...
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...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
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...
WITH. through. App-104.Romans 8:1. PATIENCE. See Romans 2:7....
_But if we hope_, &c. The emphasis here is double; (_a_) on the fact that we do _hope_for a given thing; i.e. look for it with a reason for so doing; (_b_) on the fact that it is (by its nature as an...
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
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...
ΔΙ' ὙΠΟΜΟΝΗ͂Σ = in a condition of endurance, ὑ. is steady resistance to adverse influences; and this is the peculiar Christian temper under present conditions; cf. Hebrews 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2...
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...
ΎΠΟΜΆΝΉ (G5281) терпение, выдержка (TDNT; TLNT). ΆΠΕΚΔΕΧΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΕΚΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G553), _см._ Romans 8:19....
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...
BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, &C.— What the Apostle says here of _hope,_ is to shew them, that the _groaning_ of the children of God, before spoken of, was not the groaning of impatience, but su...
_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...
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, [THEN DO] WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT - i:e., then, patient waiting for it is our fit...
__ 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...
PATIENCE] i.e. patient endurance. 26-30. While the Christian endures his sufferings in hope, the Spirit within is praying for him, better than he can pray himself (Romans 8:26). Meanwhile he knows tha...
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...
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,...
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...
“ _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._ ”...
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...
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...
This verse is not, as Meyer thinks, a deduction fitted to close the first reason of encouragement. In this case an οὖν, _therefore_, would have been necessary rather than δέ, _now_, or _but._ The mean...
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...
_PATIENT WAITING_ ‘If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.’ Romans 8:25 We are living in a transition time, by which we mean that ours is an age of change. This is tru...
25._If then what we see not_, _etc. _This is an argument derived from what the antecedent implies; for patience necessarily follows hope. For when it is grievous to be without the good you may desire,...
"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...
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...
But if we hope for that we see not, _then_ do we with patience wait for _it_. Ver. 25. _Then do we with patience_] Religious men find it more easy to bear evil than to wait till the promised good be...
_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...
The sighing hope of the Christians and the Spirit's intercession:...
BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT....
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...
__ Romans 8:25 But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. "With patience" -'we steadfastly endure the present, and long earnestly for the future'. (Con) Brave per...
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...
q.d. If we indeed hope for redemption and salvation, which is out of sight, then it is meet that we do with patience digest and bear all our present evils and sufferings; true hope is accompanied alwa...
But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. [We groan, I say, waiting for this future blessing. For when we were converted and saved from the world, we were not so...
Romans 8:25 But G1161 if G1487 hope G1679 (G5719) what G3739 not G3756 see G991 (G5719) for...
‘But if we hope for what we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.' And because that hope is of something that we do not see, we will wait for it with patient endurance. God has plenty of...
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...
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...
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...
Romans 8:25. WITH PATIENCE WE WAIT FOR IT _._ Literally, ‘through,' but it here indicates a characteristic of the waiting.' Patience,' as usual, suggests the notion of enduring constancy. Because the...
WITH PATIENCE (δι' υπομονης). Paul repeats the verb απεκδεχομα of verse Romans 8:23....
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 8:1. _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._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
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 8:23. _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._...
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 8:18. _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 8:15. _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...
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...
BUT IF WE HOPE. Read the introduction to Revelation. Without hope, we would sink into despair!...
_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 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; Colossians 1:11; Genesis 49:18;...