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An Understandable Version
For in [this] hope we were saved [i.e., we received the hope of future blessings]; but if we [already] see what we hope for, it is not [really] hope. For who hopes for what he [already] sees?
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
Now in this hope
International Standard Version
For we were saved with this hope in mind. Now a hope that can be observed is not really hope, for who hopes for what can be seen?
A Conservative Version
For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?
American Standard Version
For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
Amplified
For in this hope we were saved [by faith]. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he already sees?
Anderson New Testament
For we are saved by this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for, what any one sees, why does he also hope for it?
Bible in Basic English
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
Common New Testament
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
Daniel Mace New Testament
for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession?
Darby Translation
For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
Godbey New Testament
For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?
Goodspeed New Testament
It was in this hope that we were saved. But a hope that can be seen is not a hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
John Wesley New Testament
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, how doth he yet hope for?
Julia Smith Translation
For by hope were we saved: but hope being seen is not hope: for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
King James 2000
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
Modern King James verseion
For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope for it?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is no hope. For how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
Moffatt New Testament
We were saved with this hope in view. Now when an object of hope is seen, there is no further need to hope. Who ever hopes for what he sees already?
Montgomery New Testament
For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.
NET Bible
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?
New Heart English Bible
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
Noyes New Testament
For we were saved only in hope. But hope which is seen is not hope; how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
Sawyer New Testament
For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees?
The Emphasized Bible
For, by our hope, have we been saved, - but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For by hope we have been saved: now hope seen is not hope; for that which any man seeth how doth he yet hope for?
Twentieth Century New Testament
By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?
Webster
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?
Weymouth New Testament
It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?
Williams New Testament
For we were saved in such a hope.
World English Bible
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
Worrell New Testament
For by hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for that which he sees?
Worsley New Testament
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what any one sees, how doth he yet hope for?
Youngs Literal Translation
for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 8:24
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A Two-Stage Healing
23 And not just the world, but even we [Christians] ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Holy Spirit [i.e., the first installment of our inheritance from God] also groan within us, eagerly waiting to be adopted as [God's] children, and receive back our bodies [i.e., in the resurrection]. 24 For in [this] hope we were saved [i.e., we received the hope of future blessings]; but if we [already] see what we hope for, it is not [really] hope. For who hopes for what he [already] sees? 25 But if we hope for what we cannot see, then we [must] patiently wait for it [to be received].
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
But, since we belong to the daytime [i.e., are enlightened], we should be sober. We should put on the "flack jacket" of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of being saved.
Hebrews 11:1
Now, [having] faith is being sure of [receiving] what is hoped for, and certain [of the existence] of what is not visible.
2 Corinthians 4:18
So, we do not look at the things which can be seen, but at what cannot be seen, for the things which can be seen are [only] temporary, but the things which cannot be seen are never ending.
2 Corinthians 5:7
for we live by faith, not by what we see.
Romans 5:2
Through Jesus we have also gained access by [our] faith to this unearned favor [of God]. We stand firm in it, and are glad that we have the hope of being honored by God.
Romans 12:12
Be joyful as you hope [i.e., for future blessings]. Persevere in spite of the troubles you experience. Continue steadfastly in prayer.
Romans 15:4
For whatever things were written previously [i.e., in the Old Testament], were intended for us to learn from, so that we could have hope [i.e., in the face of difficult times] through remaining steadfast, and through the encouragement [received] from reading the Scriptures.
Romans 15:13
May God, [the source] of hope, fill you with complete joy and peace as you believe [in Christ], so that you may have an abundance of hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now [i.e., since the temporary gifts are to pass away], these three things remain: faith, hope and love; and the most important of them is love.
Galatians 5:5
For we are waiting for the hope [to be fulfilled] of being made right with God by [the power of] the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 1:5
[You have these qualities] because of the hope stored up for you in heaven, which [hope] you previously heard about through the message of truth when the Gospel
Colossians 1:23
[This will happen] if you continue in the faith [Note: This means either "continue to observe God's teaching" or, "continue to believe"], firmly grounded and established, and not moved away from the hope offered by the Gospel message, which you have heard and which was preached to people throughout the entire created world under heaven. I, Paul, was made a minister of this Gospel.
Colossians 1:27
He was pleased to make known to these people the wealth of His splendor among the Gentiles; this hidden secret, which is Christ among you, [is] the hope of being honored [i.e., in heaven].
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now, may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us never ending encouragement and good hope through [His] unearned favor,
Titus 2:11-13
For God's unearned favor has appeared, bringing salvation to all people [i.e., in the coming of Christ].
Hebrews 6:18-19
He did this so that by two unchangeable things [i.e., His promise and His oath], (and it is impossible for God to lie), we, who have fled [to God] for refuge, could be greatly encouraged to take hold of the hope set before us [i.e., the hope of never ending life].
1 Peter 1:3
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is to be praised for being so merciful as to have given us a new birth, which provides for us a hope of never ending life through the means of Jesus Christ's return from the dead.
1 Peter 1:10-11
The prophets [of old], who spoke of this salvation, asked about and searched diligently concerning the unearned favor [God provided] for you people.
1 Peter 1:21
[It is] through Christ, whom God raised from the dead and honored, that you people have become believers in God, so that your faith and hope could rest in God.
1 John 3:3
And every person who has set his hope on this [i.e., of being like Jesus], will live [as] purely [as possible], just as He [i.e., Jesus Himself] is pure.