Romans 8:24

Easy To Read Version

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, then that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have.

Cross References

Psalm 146:5

But people who ask God for help\par are very happy.\par Those people depend on the Lord their God.\par

Psalm 33:18

The Lord watches and cares\par for his followers that wait for him\par to show his true love.\par

Psalm 33:22

Lord, we truly worship you!\par So show your great love for us.\par

Proverbs 14:32

During times of trouble, evil people are defeated. But good people win a victory even during death.

Jeremiah 17:7

But the person that trusts in the Lord\par will be blessed.\par Why? Because the Lord will show him\par that the Lord can be trusted.\par

Zechariah 9:12

Prisoners, go home!\par Now you have something to hope for.\par I am telling you now,\par I am coming back to you!\par

Romans 12:12

Be happy because you have hope. Be patient when you have troubles. Pray all the time.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then you will have more and more hope, and it will flow out of you by the power of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [150]}

Romans 15:4

Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. Those things were written so that we could have hope. That hope comes from the patience and strength that the Scriptures give us.

Romans 4:18

There was no hope \{that Abraham {\cf2\super [45]} would have children\}. But Abraham believed God and continued hoping. And that is why he became the father of many nations. Like God told him, “You will have many descendants (children).” {\cf2\super [46]}

Romans 5:2

Through our faith, Christ has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace (kindness) that we now enjoy. And we are very happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.

Romans 8:20

Everything God made was changed to be like it was worth nothing. It did not want to change, but God decided to change it. But there was this hope:

1 Corinthians 13:13

So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 5:7

We live by what we believe, not by what we can see.

Galatians 5:5

I say this because our hope of being made right with God comes through faith. And the Spirit {\cf2\super [63]} helps us wait for that hope

Colossians 1:23

Christ will do this if you continue to believe in the Good News {\cf2\super [7]} you heard. You must continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope that Good News gave you. That same Good News has been told to all people in the world. I, Paul, help in telling that Good News.

Colossians 1:5

You have faith in Christ and love God’s people because of the hope you have. You know that the things you hope for are saved for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the true teaching, the Good News {\cf2\super [3]}

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we belong to the day (goodness), so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us. And the hope of salvation should be our helmet.

Titus 3:7

We were made right with God by his grace (kindness). God saved us so that we could be his children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.

Hebrews 11:1

Faith means being sure of the things we hope for. And faith means knowing that something is real even if we don’t see it.

1 Peter 1:21

You believe in God through Christ. God raised Christ from death. Then God gave glory to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s rising from death.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure. And every person who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure like Christ.