With patience (δι' υπομονης). Paul repeats the verb απεκδεχομα of verse 23.

But if we hope, etc. The effect stated here is one which exists everywhere. Where there is a strong desire for an object, and a <…

If salvation were something that could be seen, something that could be grasped by sight, then there would be no room for hope. As it is we do …

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? But if we hope for that we see not…

In keeping with the eager waiting of those who long for their complete salvation (v.23) is the emphasis on hope (vv.24–25; cf. also 5:4). The Chris…

If then what we see not, etc. This is an argument derived from what the antecedent implies; for patience necessarily follows hope…

But if we hope for that we see not
Whether it be the hour of death, or the second coming of Christ, or the resurrect…

The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and only for a …

1. After demonstrating the excellence of future glory from the longing of creation, the Apostle now demonstrates the same from the longing o…