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Hope's Necessary Partner
Commentators like John Calvin and Albert Barnes explain that hope and patience are inseparable partners. By definition, hope is the confident expectation of something we cannot yet see. Because our ultimate salvation—the redemption of our bodies—is a future, unseen reality, patience becomes the logical and necessary response. True hope for the future empowers endurance in the present.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 8:25
18th Century
Theologian
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 <…
AT Robertson
On Romans 8:25
With patience (δι' υπομονης). Paul repeats the verb απεκδεχομα of verse 23.
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 8:25
19th Century
Bishop
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 …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 8:24–25
19th Century
Preacher
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? But if we hope for that we see not,…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 8:25
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…
John Calvin
On Romans 8:25
16th Century
Theologian
If then what we see not, etc. This is an argument derived from what the antecedent implies; for patience necessarily follows hope…
John Gill
On Romans 8:25
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 8:18–25
17th Century
Minister
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 …