Romans 8:25

A Two-Stage Healing

²⁴ For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees? ²⁵ But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it. ²⁶ And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

Hope that is Seen

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

Psalm 27:14

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

Genesis 49:18

I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

Psalm 37:7-9

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

Psalm 62:1

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

Psalm 62:5-6

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

Isaiah 25:9

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

Isaiah 26:8

We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

Lamentations 3:25-26

The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

Luke 8:15

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

Luke 21:19

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

Romans 2:7

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

Romans 8:23

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

Romans 12:12

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Colossians 1:11

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

2 Thessalonians 3:5

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

Hebrews 10:36

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Hebrews 12:1-3

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

James 1:3-4

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

James 5:7-11

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.