Romans 8:24

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 to her aged mother.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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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?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For we are saved by hope — Our salvation is now only in hope. We do not yet possess this full salvation.

²⁴ 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?

Related Commentaries of Romans 8:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Romans 8:24