Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

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 we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

we are saved
σώζω 
Sozo 
Usage: 79

by hope
ἐλπίς 
Elpis 
Usage: 54

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἐλπίς 
Elpis 
ἐλπίς 
Elpis 
Usage: 54
Usage: 54

that is seen
βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

a man
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

doth he
ἐλπίζω 
Elpizo 
Usage: 29

yet

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

A Two-Stage Healing

23 And, not only so, but, we ourselves, also, who have the first-fruit of the Spirit - weeven ourselves, within our own selves do sigh, - sonship ardently awaiting - the redeeming of our body; - 24 For, by our hope, have we been saved, - but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for? 25 If, however, what we do not behold we hope for, with endurance, are we ardently awaiting it ; -

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But, we, being of the day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and, for helmet, the hope of salvation.

Hebrews 11:1

But faith is, of things hoped for, a confidence, of facts, a conviction, when they are not seen;

2 Corinthians 4:18

So long as we are not looking out for the visible things, but for the invisible; for, the visible things, are temporary, whereas, the invisible, are age-abiding.

2 Corinthians 5:7

By faith, are we walking, not by sight; -

Psalm 33:18

Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:

Psalm 33:22

Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.

Psalm 146:5

How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God: -

Proverbs 14:32

By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

Jeremiah 17:7

Blessed is the man Who trusteth in Yahweh, To whom Yahweh is his ground of confidence;

Zechariah 9:12

Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope, - Even to-day, do I declare - Double, will I return to thee!

Romans 5:2

Through whom also we have had, our introduction, by our faithinto this favour wherein we stand; and let us boast in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 12:12

In hope, rejoicing, in tribulation, enduring, in prayer, persevering,

Romans 15:4

Whatsoever things, in fact, were written aforetime, allfor our own instruction were written, - in order that, through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have their hope.

Romans 15:13

Now, the God of the hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But, now abide - faith, hope, love, - these three; but, the greatest of these, is, love.

Galatians 5:5

For, we, in Spirit, by faith, for a hope of righteousness, are ardently waiting, -

Colossians 1:5

Because of the hope that is lying by for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before, in the word of the truth of the glad-message,

Colossians 1:23

If, at least, ye are abiding still in the faith, founded and firm, and not to be moved away from the hope of the glad-message which ye have heard, which hath been proclaimed in all creation which is under heaven, - of which, I Paul, have become minister.

Colossians 1:27

Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory, -

2 Thessalonians 2:16

But may, our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, - Who hath loved you, and given you age-abiding consolation and good hope by favour,

Titus 2:11-13

For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth,

Hebrews 6:18-19

In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to his great mercy, hath regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

1 Peter 1:10-11

Concerning which salvation, prophets - who concerning the favour for you, did prophesy - sought out and searched out,

1 Peter 1:21

who, through him, are faithful towards God, - Who raised him from among the dead, and glory to him gave, So that your faith and hope are directed towards God:

1 John 3:3

And, whosoever hath this hope on him, is purifying himself, just as, He, is pure.

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