Romans 8:24,25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 object of hope; and in Scripture, to see, often signifies to enjoy, and sometimes to suffer. The meaning here is, the thing hoped for, when actually enjoyed, is no longer the object of hope. But if, or since, we hope for that we see not That is, which we do not enjoy; then do we Naturally and usually; with patience wait for it Especially if the object of our hope be very excellent and necessary for us, attainable by us, and assured to us in this way. Thus, if our hope of the heavenly inheritance, valuable beyond all we can express or conceive, be strong and lively, it will produce in us a patient waiting till God's time be come to put us in possession of it, and in the mean while will render us willing to bear the intervening troubles contentedly.